Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

Known for
Acting
Born
September 19, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Henley-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

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Filmography

2026
Festive Fun with Peppa poster

Festive Fun with Peppa

Movie

2025
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience poster

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2024
Peppa's Cinema Party poster

Peppa's Cinema Party

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! poster

Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2020
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit poster

Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2019
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun poster

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2017
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience poster

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2016
The Carer poster

The Carer

Movie · as Landlord, Pub Landlord

2016
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley poster

Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

TV · as Henry VIII · 1 ep

2016
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show poster

Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show

TV · as Grumpy McCrab · 39 eps

2015
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots poster

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday poster

Peppa Pig: The Holiday

Movie · as Daddy Pig (voice)

2013
The Physician poster

The Physician

Movie · as Tough Guy

2013
Endeavour poster

Endeavour

TV · as DI Chesney Finch · 1 ep

2012
The Scapegoat poster

The Scapegoat

Movie · as Landlord

2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes poster

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Movie · as Buck

2011
Isle of Spagg poster

Isle of Spagg

Movie · as Bob / Mel (voice)

2009
Creation poster

Creation

Movie · as Thatcher

2009
Faintheart poster

Faintheart

Movie · as Collin

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Halig · 1 ep

2007
Amazing Grace poster

Amazing Grace

Movie · as Speaker of the House

2007
Roman Mysteries poster

Roman Mysteries

TV · as Venalicius · 3 eps

2006
Mayo poster

Mayo

TV · as Mark Castello · 1 ep

2005
The Brothers Grimm poster

The Brothers Grimm

Movie · as Bunst

2005
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

Movie · as Warder

2005
Frozen poster

Frozen

Movie · as Lorry Driver

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth poster

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth

Movie · as Maurice

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · 1 ep

2004
Peppa Pig poster

Peppa Pig

TV · as Daddy Pig (voice) · 490 eps

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Worst Week of My Life poster

The Worst Week of My Life

TV · as PC Tait · 2 eps

2004
小猪佩奇国语版 poster

小猪佩奇国语版

TV · as Daddy Pig (voice) · 394 eps

2003
Margery and Gladys poster

Margery and Gladys

Movie · as Terry Mason

2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life poster

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Movie · as Mr. Monza

2003
The Royal poster

The Royal

TV · as Malcolm Hogg · 1 ep

2002
The Pianist poster

The Pianist

Movie · as Mr. Lipa

2002
Puckoon poster

Puckoon

Movie · as Alex Walker

2002
The Princess and the Pea poster

The Princess and the Pea

Movie · as King Windham/Button (voice)

2002
Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred

TV · as Horace Trubshaw · 1 ep

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as DCI Quarry · 1 ep

2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper poster

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

Movie · as Det. Supt. Dick Holland

2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper poster

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

TV · as Det. Supt. Dick Holland · 3 eps

2000
Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends

TV · as Alan Ashburn · 14 eps

2000
Nature Boy poster

Nature Boy

TV · as Ted · 1 ep

1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc poster

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Movie · as La Hire

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

Movie · as André

1999
Relic Hunter poster

Relic Hunter

TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

1998
Up 'n' Under poster

Up 'n' Under

Movie · as Frank

1997
Fierce Creatures poster

Fierce Creatures

Movie · as Hugh

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Reverend Thwackum · 5 eps

1996
The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows

Movie · as The Guard

1996
On Dangerous Ground poster

On Dangerous Ground

Movie · as Thomas Borga

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Trevor Nesbitt · 1 ep

1995
Cruel Train poster

Cruel Train

Movie · as Percy Cotton

1995
Sorry About Last Night poster

Sorry About Last Night

Movie · as Greg

1994
A Pinch of Snuff poster

A Pinch of Snuff

Movie · as Brian Burkhill

1994
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

TV · as Gary Bourne · 1 ep

1994
The Ink Thief poster

The Ink Thief

TV · as Aloysius · 7 eps

1994
Common As Muck poster

Common As Muck

TV · as Bernard Green · 12 eps

1993
Comics poster

Comics

TV · as Tommy Karr · 2 eps

1992
Dogboy poster

Dogboy

Movie · as Diner Cook #1

1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

TV · as Andre · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Thorpe · 1 ep

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Silas · 2 eps

1990
King of the Wind poster

King of the Wind

Movie · as Jailer

1990
The Castle of Adventure poster

The Castle of Adventure

TV · as Nico · 8 eps

1989
Erik the Viking poster

Erik the Viking

Movie · as Thorfinn Skullsplitter

1988
The Yob poster

The Yob

Movie · as Yob 1

1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit poster

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Movie · as Angelo

1988
Out of Town poster

Out of Town

Movie · as Labourer

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as DNA Ship Computer (voice), Crazed Astro · 1 ep

1987
The Fourth Protocol poster

The Fourth Protocol

Movie · as Skinhead

1987
The Ritz

The Ritz

TV · as Mad Mick · 6 eps

1986
Clockwise poster

Clockwise

Movie · as Policeman at Crash

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Nicky · 2 eps

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Kevin, Jack · 1 ep

1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire poster

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Movie · as Egyptian

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV · as Tulley's Sidekick · 1 ep

1985
Home to Roost poster

Home to Roost

TV · as Millwall · 1 ep

1984
Lassiter poster

Lassiter

Movie · as German Guard

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1984
Fairly Secret Army

Fairly Secret Army

TV · as Ron Boat · 10 eps

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV · as Vanderberg · 1 ep

1982
Timewatch poster

Timewatch

TV · as Elder Sextus · 1 ep

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Yob 1 · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Warren · 1 ep