Richard Ridings

Known for: Acting

Born: 1958-09-19 (age 67)

From: 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.

Filmography (81)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019
as Daddy Pig
MOVIE★ 7.9
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
as Daddy Pig (voice)
TV★ 6.8
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016
as Henry VIII
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Carer
2016
as Landlord
MOVIE★ 10.0
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Physician
2013
as Tough Guy
TV★ 8.1
Endeavour
2013
as DI Chesney Finch
MOVIE★ 1.0
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Scapegoat
2012
as Landlord
MOVIE
Isle of Spagg
2011
as Bob / Mel (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Buck
MOVIE★ 6.4
Creation
2009
as Thatcher
MOVIE★ 6.3
Faintheart
2009
as Collin
TV★ 7.8
Merlin
2008
as Halig
TV★ 5.0
Roman Mysteries
2007
as Venalicius
MOVIE★ 6.9
Amazing Grace
2006
as Speaker of the House
TV★ 4.2
Mayo
2006
as Mark Castello
MOVIE★ 7.7
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
as Maurice
TV★ 7.4
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
MOVIE★ 6.8
Oliver Twist
2005
as Warder
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Bunst
MOVIE★ 5.9
Frozen
2005
as Lorry Driver
TV★ 6.5
Peppa Pig
2004
as Daddy Pig (voice)
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
MOVIE★ 7.7
Margery and Gladys
2003
as Terry Mason
MOVIE★ 5.8
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Mr. Monza
TV★ 7.8
The Royal
2003
as Malcolm Hogg
MOVIE★ 8.4
The Pianist
2002
as Mr. Lipa
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Princess and the Pea
2002
as King Windham/Button (voice)
TV★ 9.0
Born and Bred
2002
as Horace Trubshaw
MOVIE★ 6.3
Puckoon
2002
as Alex Walker
TV★ 8.3
Murder in Mind
2001
as DCI Quarry
TV★ 7.9
Fat Friends
2000
as Alan Ashburn
TV★ 7.3
Nature Boy
2000
as Ted
MOVIE★ 7.0
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
TV★ 7.4
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as La Hire
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999
as André
TV★ 6.7
Relic Hunter
1999
as Johnny the Jackhammer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Up 'n' Under
1998
as Frank
TV★ 7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Reverend Thwackum
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Hugh
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Guard
MOVIE★ 5.1
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Thomas Borga
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Greg
MOVIE★ 4.3
Cruel Train
1995
as Percy Cotton
TV★ 7.0
Common As Muck
1994
as Bernard Green
TV★ 10.0
The Ink Thief
1994
as Aloysius
MOVIE
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Brian Burkhill
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Gary Bourne
TV★ 3.3
Comics
1993
as Tommy Karr
TV★ 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Silas
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dogboy
1992
as Diner Cook #1
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Thorpe
TV★ 6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Andre
MOVIE★ 7.0
King of the Wind
1990
as Jailer
TV
The Castle of Adventure
1990
as Nico
MOVIE★ 5.9
Erik the Viking
1989
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
MOVIE★ 7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Angelo
MOVIE
The Yob
1988
as Yob 1
TV★ 8.1
Red Dwarf
1988
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Out of Town
1988
as Labourer
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Skinhead
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Kevin
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Nicky
MOVIE★ 6.2
Clockwise
1986
as Policeman at Crash
MOVIE★ 6.1
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Egyptian
TV★ 6.5
Home to Roost
1985
as Millwall
TV★ 6.6
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Tulley's Sidekick
TV★ 5.8
Fairly Secret Army
1984
as Ron Boat
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
MOVIE★ 5.4
Lassiter
1984
as German Guard
TV★ 7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Vanderberg
TV★ 7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Yob 1
TV★ 6.9
Timewatch
1982
as Elder Sextus
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Warren