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
Filmography
Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2004
Casualty
as Kevin · 1986
Casualty
as Jack · 1986
Matlock
as Nicky · 1986
Minder
as Warren · 1979
Heartbeat
as Thorpe · 1992
Highlander: The Series
as Silas · 1992
The Bill
· 1984
Merlin
as Halig · 2008
Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer · 1999
Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch · 2013
New Tricks
· 2004
Red Dwarf
as DNA Ship Computer (voice) · 1988
Red Dwarf
as Crazed Astro · 1988
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Trevor Nesbitt · 1996
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck · 2011
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Yob 1 · 1982
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa · 2002
Pie in the Sky
as Gary Bourne · 1994
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Andre · 1992
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Angelo · 1988
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Tulley's Sidekick · 1985
Timewatch
as Elder Sextus · 1982
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst · 2005
Fat Friends
as Alan Ashburn · 2000
Born and Bred
as Horace Trubshaw · 2002
Murder in Mind
as DCI Quarry · 2001
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Vanderberg · 1983
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza · 2003
The Physician
as Tough Guy · 2013
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Reverend Thwackum · 1997
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire · 1999
The Worst Week of My Life
as PC Tait · 2004
Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter · 1989
ShakespeaRe-Told
· 2005
Comics
as Tommy Karr · 1993
Home to Roost
as Millwall · 1985
Oliver Twist
as Warder · 2005
Common As Muck
as Bernard Green · 1994
The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead · 1987
Mayo
as Mark Castello · 2006
Nature Boy
as Ted · 2000
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
as Henry VIII · 2016
The Ritz
as Mad Mick · 1987
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh · 1997
The Castle of Adventure
as Nico · 1990
Roman Mysteries
as Venalicius · 2007
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House · 2007
Clockwise
as Policeman at Crash · 1986
Fairly Secret Army
as Ron Boat · 1984
Creation
as Thatcher · 2009
Lassiter
as German Guard · 1984
The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard · 1996
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
as Grumpy McCrab · 2016
The Princess and the Pea
as King Windham/Button (voice) · 2002
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2025
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2024
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland · 2000
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2017
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2015
The Ink Thief
as Aloysius · 1994
The Carer
as Landlord · 2016
The Carer
as Pub Landlord · 2016
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
as André · 1999
King of the Wind
as Jailer · 1990
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2024
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice · 2005
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason · 2003
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2019
Faintheart
as Collin · 2009
Cruel Train
as Percy Cotton · 1995
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Egyptian · 1985
The Royal
as Malcolm Hogg · 2003
Frozen
as Lorry Driver · 2005
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland · 2000
The Scapegoat
as Landlord · 2012
On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga · 1996
Sorry About Last Night
as Greg · 1995
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2013
Festive Fun with Peppa
· 2026
A Pinch of Snuff
as Brian Burkhill · 1994
Dogboy
as Diner Cook #1 · 1992
Puckoon
as Alex Walker · 2002
Out of Town
as Labourer · 1988
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig · 2019
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice) · 2020
Up 'n' Under
as Frank · 1998
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice) · 2011
The Yob
as Yob 1 · 1988