Richard Ridings

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: Acting

Born: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK, 1958-09-19

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Lassiter	German Guard	53
2	1985	Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire	Egyptian	56
3	1987	The Fourth Protocol	Skinhead	63
4	1988	Out of Town	Labourer	60
5	1988	The Yob	Yob 1	0
6	1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Angelo	75
7	1989	Erik the Viking	Thorfinn Skullsplitter	59
8	1990	King of the Wind	Jailer	64
9	1992	Dogboy	Diner Cook #1	50
10	1994	A Pinch of Snuff	Brian Burkhill	0
11	1995	Cruel Train	Percy Cotton	45
12	1995	Sorry About Last Night	Greg	60
13	1996	On Dangerous Ground	Thomas Borga	48
14	1996	The Wind in the Willows	The Guard	55
15	1997	Fierce Creatures	Hugh Primates	62
16	1998	Up 'n' Under	Frank	51
17	1999	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	La Hire	64
18	2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	Det. Supt. Dick Holland	0
19	2002	Puckoon	Alex Walker	62
20	2002	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell	André	54
21	2002	The Pianist	Mr. Lipa	84
22	2003	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life	Mr. Monza	58
23	2003	Margery and Gladys	Terry Mason	74
24	2005	Frozen	Lorry Driver	57
25	2005	The Brothers Grimm	Bunst	58
26	2005	Oliver Twist	Warder	67
27	2005	Macbeth	Maurice	76
28	2006	Amazing Grace	Speaker of the House	69
29	2009	Faintheart	Collin	63
30	2009	Creation	Thatcher	64
31	2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Buck	73
32	2011	Isle of Spagg	Bob / Mel (voice)	0
33	2012	The Scapegoat	Landlord	64
34	2013	Peppa Pig: The Holiday	Daddy Pig (voice)	10
35	2015	Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots	Daddy Pig (voice)	100
36	2016	The Carer	Landlord	67
37	2016	The Carer	Pub Landlord	67
38	2017	Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience	Daddy Pig (voice)	88
39	2019	Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year	Daddy Pig	30
40	2019	Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun	Daddy Pig (voice)	76
41	2020	Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit	Daddy Pig (voice)	0
42	2024	Peppa's Cinema Party	Daddy Pig (voice)	40

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Minder	Warren	68
2	1982	Timewatch	Elder Sextus	69
3	1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Yob 1	74
4	1983	Reilly: Ace of Spies	Vanderberg	70
5	1984	The Bill		67
6	1984	Fairly Secret Army	Ron Boat	50
7	1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Tulley's Sidekick	64
8	1985	Home to Roost	Millwall	63
9	1986	Matlock		71
10	1986	Casualty	Kevin	60
11	1986	Casualty	Jack	60
12	1988	Red Dwarf	DNA Ship Computer (voice)	81
13	1988	Red Dwarf	Crazed Astro	81
14	1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Andre	65
15	1992	Heartbeat	Thorpe	70
16	1992	Highlander: The Series	Silas	74
17	1994	Pie in the Sky	Gary Bourne	84
18	1994	The Ink Thief	Aloysius	0
19	1994	Common As Muck	Bernard Green	75
20	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
21	1997	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling	Reverend Thwackum	70
22	1999	Relic Hunter	Johnny the Jackhammer	67
23	2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	Det. Supt. Dick Holland	76
24	2000	Fat Friends	Alan	77
25	2001	Murder in Mind	DCI Quarry	84
26	2002	Born and Bred		85
27	2003	The Royal	Malcolm Hogg	76
28	2004	New Tricks		74
29	2004	Peppa Pig	Daddy Pig (voice)	66
30	2005	ShakespeaRe-Told		75
31	2006	Mayo	Mark Castello	42
32	2007	Roman Mysteries	Venalicius	50
33	2008	Merlin	Halig	78
34	2013	Endeavour	DI Chesney Finch	81
35	2016	Six Wives with Lucy Worsley	Henry VIII	64