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
all 82
Movies 46
TV Shows 36
Voice 5
Narrator 1
Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa's Cinema Party (2024)
Movie
Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit (2020)
Movie
Narrator

Growing Up Wild (2016)
Movie
King Henry, VIII

Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016)
TV
Landlord / Pub Landlord

The Carer (2016)
Movie
6
Groobie

Q Pootle 5 (2013)
TV
DI Chesney Finch

Endeavour (2013)
TV
5.22
Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Pig: The Holiday (2013)
Movie
Landlord

The Scapegoat (2012)
Movie
Thatcher

Creation (2009)
Movie
Collin

Faintheart (2009)
Movie
Halig

Merlin (2008)
TV
7.4
Venalicius

Roman Mysteries (2007)
TV
Speaker of the House

Amazing Grace (2006)
Movie
Mark Castello

Mayo (2006)
TV
Maurice

Macbeth (2005)
Movie
Warder

Oliver Twist (2005)
Movie
Lorry Driver

Frozen (2005)
Movie
Elder Sextus

Murder in Rome (2005)
Movie
Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Pig (2004)
TV
8
Terry Mason

Margery and Gladys (2003)
Movie
Malcolm Hogg

The Royal (2003)
TV
Mr. Lipa

The Pianist (2002)
Movie
5.33
Alex Walker

Puckoon (2002)
Movie
DCI Quarry

Murder in Mind (2001)
TV
Det Supt Dick Holland

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
Movie
Det. Supt. Dick Holland

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
TV
Johnny the Jackhammer

Relic Hunter (1999)
TV
6
Reverend Thwackum

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
TV
Hugh Primates

Fierce Creatures (1997)
Movie
The Guard

The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Movie
Thomas Borga

On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Movie
Percy Cotton

Cruel Train (1995)
Movie
Bernard Green

Common As Muck (1994)
TV
6
Aloysius

The Ink Thief (1994)
TV
Brian Burkhill

A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Movie
Gary Bourne

Pie in the Sky (1994)
TV
Diner Cook #1

Dogboy (1992)
Movie
Thorpe

Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
(segment "Dog-Boy")

Liquid Television (1991)
TV
Thorfinn Skullsplitter

Erik the Viking (1989)
Movie
Yob 1

The Yob (1988)
Movie
Crazed Astro / DNA Ship Computer (voice)

Red Dwarf (1988)
TV
5.75
Labourer

Out of Town (1988)
Movie
Skinhead

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Movie
Kevin / Jack

Casualty (1986)
TV
Millwall

Home to Roost (1985)
TV
Tulley's Sidekick

Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
TV
7
Ron Boat

Fairly Secret Army (1984)
TV
German Guard

Lassiter (1984)
Movie
Vanderberg

Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
TV
4
Elder Sextus

Timewatch (1982)
TV
Warren

Minder (1979)
TV
6
Mad Mick

The Ritz
TV
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1958-09-19 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceHenley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
ChildrenFreya Ridings
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsRichard Riding
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