Richard Ridings

Personal Info

Birthday

September 19, 1958

(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

Peppa Pig

Endeavour

Merlin

Minder

Red Dwarf

The Comic Strip Presents...

Heartbeat

Highlander: The Series

Filmography

2025
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
2017
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2016
The Carer
as Landlord
2015
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2012
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2011
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
2009
Creation
as Thatcher
Faintheart
as Collin
2006
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
2005
Macbeth
as Maurice
Oliver Twist
as Warder
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
Frozen
as Lorry Driver
2003
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2002
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
Puckoon
as Alex Walker
1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
as André
1998
Up 'n' Under
as Frank
1997
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh Primates
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard
On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga
1995
Sorry About Last Night
as Greg
Cruel Train
as Percy Cotton
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Brian Burkhill
1992
Dogboy
as Diner Cook #1
1990
King of the Wind
as Jailer
1989
Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Angelo
The Yob
as Yob 1
Out of Town
as Labourer
1987
The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead
1986
Clockwise
as Policeman at Crash
1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as Egyptian
1984
Lassiter
as German Guard