Richard Ridings
Birthday
1958/09/19 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Also know as
Richard Riding
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.
Acting
(2002) The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
(2005) The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
(2017) Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(1984) Lassiter
as German Guard
(2020) Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(2009) Creation
as Thatcher
(1999) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire
(1988) The Yob
as Yob 1
(1996) On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga
(1992) Dogboy
as Diner Cook #1
(1998) Up 'n' Under
as Frank
(1989) Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
(2024) Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(2019) Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(1995) Cruel Train
as Percy Cotton
(1997) Fierce Creatures
as Hugh Primates
(2015) Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(2000) This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
(1985) Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Egyptian
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
as André
(1995) Sorry About Last Night
as Greg
(2016) The Carer
as Landlord
(2009) Faintheart
as Collin
(1996) The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard
(2012) The Scapegoat
as Landlord
(2003) Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
(2005) Oliver Twist
as Warder
(2011) Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
(2006) Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
(2002) Puckoon
as Alex Walker
(2003) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
(1994) A Pinch of Snuff
as Brian Burkhill
(2019) Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
(2005) Frozen
as Lorry Driver
(2005) Macbeth
as Maurice
(1987) The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead
(2011) Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
(2016) The Carer
as Pub Landlord
(1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Angelo
(2013) Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(1990) King of the Wind
as Jailer
(1988) Out of Town
as Labourer
(2000) Fat Friends
as Alan
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1992) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Andre
(1997) The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Reverend Thwackum
(1992) Heartbeat
as Thorpe
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(1988) Red Dwarf
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
(2004) Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice)
(2002) Born and Bred
as ---
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(2006) Mayo
as Mark Castello
(1982) Timewatch
as Elder Sextus
(2000) This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
(1984) Fairly Secret Army
as Ron Boat
(2008) Merlin
as Halig
(1999) Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer
(2007) Roman Mysteries
as Venalicius
(2005) ShakespeaRe-Told
as ---
(2003) The Royal
as Malcolm Hogg
(1986) Casualty
as Kevin
(1986) Casualty
as Jack
(1979) Minder
as Warren
(1994) Pie in the Sky
as Gary Bourne
(1988) Red Dwarf
as Crazed Astro
(2016) Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
as Henry VIII
(1994) The Ink Thief
as Aloysius
(1992) Highlander: The Series
as Silas
(2013) Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch
(1994) Common As Muck
as Bernard Green
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Yob 1
(1985) Dempsey and Makepeace
as Tulley's Sidekick
(1985) Home to Roost
as Millwall
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Vanderberg
(2001) Murder in Mind
as DCI Quarry