Richard Ridings

Acting

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.

Filmography 81

Movies (46)

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019
Daddy Pig
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
Daddy Pig (voice)
The Carer
2016
Landlord
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015
Daddy Pig (voice)
The Physician
2013
Tough Guy
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013
Daddy Pig (voice)
The Scapegoat
2012
Landlord
Isle of Spagg
2011
Bob / Mel (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Buck
Creation
2009
Thatcher
Faintheart
2009
Collin
Amazing Grace
2006
Speaker of the House
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
Maurice
Oliver Twist
2005
Warder
The Brothers Grimm
2005
Bunst
Frozen
2005
Lorry Driver
Margery and Gladys
2003
Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Mr. Monza
The Pianist
2002
Mr. Lipa
The Princess and the Pea
2002
King Windham/Button (voice)
Puckoon
2002
Alex Walker
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
Det. Supt. Dick Holland
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
La Hire
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999
André
Up 'n' Under
1998
Frank