Richard Ridings

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-09-19 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Henley-on-Thames, England, UK

Also Known As Richard Riding

Richard Ridings

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

Actor

2024
Peppa's Cinema Party

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2020
2019
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2017
2016
The Carer

as Landlord

2016
The Carer

as Pub Landlord

2016
2015
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2013
Endeavour

as DI Chesney Finch

2012
The Scapegoat

as Landlord

2011
Isle of Spagg

as Bob / Mel (voice)

2009
Creation

as Thatcher

2009
Faintheart

as Collin

2008
Merlin

as Halig

2007
Roman Mysteries

as Venalicius

2006
Amazing Grace

as Speaker of the House

2006
Mayo

as Mark Castello

2005
Macbeth

as Maurice

2005
Oliver Twist

as Warder

2005
2005
Frozen

as Lorry Driver

2004
Peppa Pig

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2003
Margery and Gladys

as Terry Mason

2003
The Royal

as Malcolm Hogg

2002
The Pianist

as Mr. Lipa

2002
Puckoon

as Alex Walker

2001
Murder in Mind

as DCI Quarry

2000
Fat Friends

as Alan

1999
Relic Hunter

as Johnny the Jackhammer

1998
Up 'n' Under

as Frank

1997
Fierce Creatures

as Hugh Primates

1997
1996
1996
On Dangerous Ground

as Thomas Borga

1995
Cruel Train

as Percy Cotton

1994
A Pinch of Snuff

as Brian Burkhill

1994
Common As Muck

as Bernard Green

1994
The Ink Thief

as Aloysius

1994
Pie in the Sky

as Gary Bourne

1992
Dogboy

as Diner Cook #1

1992
Heartbeat

as Thorpe

1990
1989
Erik the Viking

as Thorfinn Skullsplitter

1988
The Yob

as Yob 1

1988
Out of Town

as Labourer

1988
Red Dwarf

as DNA Ship Computer (voice)

1988
Red Dwarf

as Crazed Astro

1987
1986
Casualty

as Kevin

1986
Casualty

as Jack

1985
Home to Roost

as Millwall

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace

as Tulley's Sidekick

1984
Lassiter

as German Guard

1984
Fairly Secret Army

as Ron Boat

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Vanderberg

1982
Timewatch

as Elder Sextus

1979
Minder

as Warren