Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

Acting

Born September 19, 1958 (age 68)

Henley-on-Thames, England, UK

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

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Movie
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience2025 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Movie
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!2024 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
Movie
Peppa's Cinema Party2024 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Movie
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit2020 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Movie
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun2019 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Movie
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year2019 · Daddy Pig
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Movie
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience2017 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Series
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley2016 · Henry VIII
The Carer
Movie
The Carer2016 · Landlord
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
Series
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show2016 · Grumpy McCrab
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Movie
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots2015 · Daddy Pig (voice)
The Physician
Movie
The Physician2013 · Tough Guy
Endeavour
Series
Endeavour2013 · DI Chesney Finch
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Movie
Peppa Pig: The Holiday2013 · Daddy Pig (voice)
The Scapegoat
Movie
The Scapegoat2012 · Landlord
Isle of Spagg
Movie
Isle of Spagg2011 · Bob / Mel (voice)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Movie
Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011 · Buck
Creation
Movie
Creation2009 · Thatcher
Faintheart
Movie
Faintheart2009 · Collin
Merlin
Series
Merlin2008 · Halig
Roman Mysteries
Series
Roman Mysteries2007 · Venalicius
Amazing Grace
Movie
Amazing Grace2006 · Speaker of the House
Mayo
Series
Mayo2006 · Mark Castello
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Movie
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth2005 · Maurice
ShakespeaRe-Told
Series
ShakespeaRe-Told2005
California Dreams
Series
California Dreams2005 · Warder
Brotherly Love
Series
Brotherly Love2005 · Bunst
Frozen
Movie
Frozen2005 · Lorry Driver
Peppa Pig
Series
Peppa Pig2004 · Daddy Pig (voice)
The Worst Week of My Life
Series
The Worst Week of My Life2004 · PC Tait
New Tricks
Series
New Tricks2004
Margery and Gladys
Movie
Margery and Gladys2003 · Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003 · Mr. Monza
The Royal
Series
The Royal2003 · Malcolm Hogg
The Pianist
Movie
The Pianist2002 · Mr. Lipa
The Princess and the Pea
Movie
The Princess and the Pea2002 · King Windham/Button (voice)
Born and Bred
Series
Born and Bred2002 · Horace Trubshaw
Puckoon
Movie
Puckoon2002 · Alex Walker
Murder in Mind
Series
Murder in Mind2001 · DCI Quarry
Fat Friends
Series
Fat Friends2000 · Alan Ashburn
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell1999