Richard Ridings
Acting1958Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Biography
Richard John Ridings (born September 19, 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama Fat Friends, Bernard Green in the BBC One comedy-drama Common as Muck, Mr. Bumble in the BBC series Dickensian, and is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig. He trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.
Known For
Acting History
Future
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
2025
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2023
Endeavour
TVas DI Chesney Finch• 1 eps
2020
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2017
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2016
The Carer
as Pub Landlord
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
TVas Henry VIII
2015
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2012
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2011
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
2009
2007
Roman Mysteries
TVas Venalicius
2006
2005
Oliver Twist
as Warder
Frozen
as Lorry Driver
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
2004
Peppa Pig
TVas Daddy Pig (voice)• 416 eps
2003
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2002
Puckoon
as Alex Walker
The Princess and the Pea
as King Windham/Button (voice)
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
Born and Bred
TVas Horace Trubshaw
2001
Murder in Mind
TVas DCI Quarry• 1 eps
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
Fat Friends
TVas Alan Ashburn• 14 eps
Relic Hunter
TVas Johnny the Jackhammer• 1 eps
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
TVas Det. Supt. Dick Holland
Nature Boy
TVas Ted
1998
Up 'n' Under
as Frank
1997
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh Primates
Highlander: The Series
TVas Silas• 2 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TVas Reverend Thwackum
1996
On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga
The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard
1995
Sorry About Last Night
as Greg
Cruel Train
as Percy Cotton
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Brian Burkhill
Heartbeat
TVas Thorpe• 1 eps
Pie in the Sky
TVas Gary Bourne• 1 eps
Common As Muck
TVas Bernard Green
The Ink Thief
TVas Aloysius
1992
Dogboy
as Diner Cook #1
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TVas Andre• 1 eps
1990
King of the Wind
as Jailer
The Comic Strip Presents...
TVas Yob 1• 1 eps
1989
Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1988
1987
The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead
Matlock
TVas Nicky• 2 eps
1986
Clockwise
as Policeman at Crash
Dempsey and Makepeace
TVas Tulley's Sidekick• 1 eps
Casualty
TVas Jack / Kevin
1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Egyptian
Home to Roost
TVas Millwall
1984
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TVas Vanderberg
1982
Timewatch
TVas Elder Sextus