Acting

Richard Ridings

Born 1958-09-19 · Henley-on-Thames, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Festive Fun with Peppa
2026
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2025
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
2019
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2017
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
as Henry VIII
2016
The Carer
as Landlord
2016
The Carer
as Pub Landlord
2016
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
as Grumpy McCrab
2016
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2015
The Physician
as Tough Guy
2013
Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation
Vocals
2013
Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch
2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2012
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
2011
Creation
as Thatcher
2009
Faintheart
as Collin
2009
Merlin
as Halig
2008
Roman Mysteries
as Venalicius
2007
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
2007
Mayo
as Mark Castello
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Oliver Twist
as Warder
2005
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
2005
Frozen
as Lorry Driver
2005
Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2004
The Worst Week of My Life
as PC Tait
2004
New Tricks
2004
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2003
The Royal
as Malcolm Hogg
2003
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
2002
The Princess and the Pea
as King Windham/Button (voice)
2002
Born and Bred
as Horace Trubshaw
2002
Puckoon
as Alex Walker
2002
Murder in Mind
as DCI Quarry
2001
Fat Friends
as Alan Ashburn
2000
Nature Boy
as Ted
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
as André
1999
Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer
1999
Up 'n' Under
as Frank
1998
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Reverend Thwackum
1997
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh
1997
The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard
1996
On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Trevor Nesbitt
1996
Sorry About Last Night
as Greg
1995
Cruel Train
as Percy Cotton
1995
Common As Muck
as Bernard Green
1994
The Ink Thief
as Aloysius
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Brian Burkhill
1994
Pie in the Sky
as Gary Bourne
1994
Comics
as Tommy Karr
1993
Highlander: The Series
as Silas
1992
Dogboy
as Diner Cook #1
1992
Heartbeat
as Thorpe
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Andre
1992
King of the Wind
as Jailer
1990
The Castle of Adventure
as Nico
1990
Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1989
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Angelo
1988
The Yob
as Yob 1
1988
Red Dwarf
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
1988
Red Dwarf
as Crazed Astro
1988
Out of Town
as Labourer
1988
The Ritz
as Mad Mick
1987
The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead
1987
Casualty
as Kevin
1986
Casualty
as Jack
1986
Matlock
as Nicky
1986
Clockwise
as Policeman at Crash
1986