Richard Ridings
Acting
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.
Born: September 19, 1958 · Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Filmography (56)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019
Actor: Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
Actor: Daddy Pig (voice)
TV
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016
Actor: Henry VIII
The Carer
2016
Actor: LandlordActor: Pub Landlord
TV
Endeavour
2013
Actor: DI Chesney Finch
The Scapegoat
2012
Actor: Landlord
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Actor: Buck
Creation
2009
Actor: Thatcher
Faintheart
2009
Actor: Collin
TV
Merlin
2008
Actor: Halig
Amazing Grace
2006
Actor: Speaker of the Hou…
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
Actor: Maurice
TV
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Actor
Oliver Twist
2005
Actor: Warder
The Brothers Grimm
2005
Actor: Bunst
Frozen
2005
Actor: Lorry Driver
TV
Peppa Pig
2004
Actor: Daddy Pig (voice)
TV
New Tricks
2004
Actor
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Actor: Mr. Monza
TV
The Royal
2003
Actor: Malcolm Hogg
The Pianist
2002
Actor: Mr. Lipa
The Princess and the Pea
2002
Actor: King Windham/Butto…
TV
Born and Bred
2002
Actor: Horace Trubshaw
Puckoon
2002
Actor: Alex Walker
TV
Murder in Mind
2001
Actor: DCI Quarry
TV
Fat Friends
2000
Actor: Alan Ashburn
TV
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
Actor: Det. Supt. Dick Ho…
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
Actor: La Hire
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999
Actor: André
TV
Relic Hunter
1999
Actor: Johnny the Jackham…
Up 'n' Under
1998
Actor: Frank
TV
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Actor: Reverend Thwackum
Fierce Creatures
1997
Actor: Hugh Primates
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Actor: The Guard
On Dangerous Ground
1996
Actor: Thomas Borga
TV
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Actor
TV
Common As Muck
1994
Actor: Bernard Green
TV
Pie in the Sky
1994
Actor: Gary Bourne
TV
Highlander: The Series
1992
Actor: Silas
TV
Heartbeat
1992
Actor: Thorpe
TV
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Actor: Andre
Erik the Viking
1989
Actor: Thorfinn Skullspli…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Actor: Angelo
TV
Red Dwarf
1988
Actor: DNA Ship Computer …Actor: Crazed Astro
The Fourth Protocol
1987
Actor: Skinhead
TV
Casualty
1986
Actor: KevinActor: Jack
TV
Matlock
1986
Actor: Nicky
Clockwise
1986
Actor: Policeman at Crash
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
Actor: Egyptian
TV
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
Actor: Tulley's Sidekick
TV
The Bill
1984
Actor
Lassiter
1984
Actor: German Guard
TV
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Actor: Vanderberg
TV
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Actor: Yob 1
TV
Timewatch
1982
Actor: Elder Sextus
TV
Minder
1979
Actor: Warren