Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

Acting

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

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Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience ★ 10.0 Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience 2025 Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! ★ 10.0 Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! 2024 Peppa's Cinema Party ★ 4.0 Peppa's Cinema Party 2024 Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit 2020 Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun ★ 7.6 Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun 2019 Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year ★ 4.0 Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year 2019 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience ★ 7.9 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience 2017 Six Wives with Lucy Worsley ★ 6.8 Six Wives with Lucy Worsley 2016 The Carer ★ 6.6 The Carer 2016 Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots ★ 10.0 Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots 2015 The Physician ★ 7.3 The Physician 2013 Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation 2013 Endeavour ★ 8.1 Endeavour 2013 Peppa Pig: The Holiday ★ 1.0 Peppa Pig: The Holiday 2013 The Scapegoat ★ 6.4 The Scapegoat 2012 Isle of Spagg Isle of Spagg 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes ★ 7.3 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 Creation ★ 6.4 Creation 2009 Faintheart ★ 6.3 Faintheart 2009 Merlin ★ 7.8 Merlin 2008 Roman Mysteries ★ 5.0 Roman Mysteries 2007 Amazing Grace ★ 6.9 Amazing Grace 2006 Mayo ★ 4.2 Mayo 2006 ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth ★ 7.7 ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told ★ 7.4 ShakespeaRe-Told 2005 Oliver Twist ★ 6.8 Oliver Twist 2005 The Brothers Grimm ★ 5.9 The Brothers Grimm 2005 Frozen ★ 5.9 Frozen 2005 Peppa Pig ★ 6.6 Peppa Pig 2004 New Tricks ★ 7.3 New Tricks 2004 Margery and Gladys ★ 7.7 Margery and Gladys 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life ★ 5.8 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 2003 The Royal ★ 7.8 The Royal 2003 The Pianist ★ 8.4 The Pianist 2002 The Princess and the Pea ★ 7.3 The Princess and the Pea 2002 Born and Bred ★ 9.0 Born and Bred 2002 Puckoon ★ 6.3 Puckoon 2002 Murder in Mind ★ 8.3 Murder in Mind 2001 Fat Friends ★ 7.9 Fat Friends 2000 Nature Boy ★ 7.3 Nature Boy 2000 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper ★ 7.0 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper 2000 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper ★ 7.4 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper 2000 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc ★ 6.4 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell ★ 5.8 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell 1999 Relic Hunter ★ 6.7 Relic Hunter 1999 Up 'n' Under ★ 5.2 Up 'n' Under 1998 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling ★ 7.5 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling 1997 Fierce Creatures ★ 6.2 Fierce Creatures 1997 The Wind in the Willows ★ 5.8 The Wind in the Willows 1996 On Dangerous Ground ★ 5.1 On Dangerous Ground 1996 Sorry About Last Night ★ 8.0 Sorry About Last Night 1995 Cruel Train ★ 4.3 Cruel Train 1995 Common As Muck ★ 7.0 Common As Muck 1994 The Ink Thief ★ 10.0 The Ink Thief 1994 A Pinch of Snuff A Pinch of Snuff 1994 Pie in the Sky ★ 8.4 Pie in the Sky 1994 Comics ★ 3.3 Comics 1993 Highlander: The Series ★ 7.4 Highlander: The Series 1992 Dogboy ★ 5.0 Dogboy 1992 Heartbeat ★ 7.2 Heartbeat 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ★ 6.5 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 King of the Wind ★ 7.0 King of the Wind 1990 The Castle of Adventure The Castle of Adventure 1990 Erik the Viking ★ 5.9 Erik the Viking 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit ★ 7.5 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 The Yob The Yob 1988 Red Dwarf ★ 8.1 Red Dwarf 1988 Out of Town ★ 8.0 Out of Town 1988 The Fourth Protocol ★ 6.3 The Fourth Protocol 1987 Casualty ★ 6.2 Casualty 1986 Matlock ★ 7.1 Matlock 1986 Clockwise ★ 6.2 Clockwise 1986 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire ★ 6.1 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire 1985 Home to Roost ★ 6.5 Home to Roost 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace ★ 6.6 Dempsey and Makepeace 1985 Fairly Secret Army ★ 5.8 Fairly Secret Army 1984 The Bill ★ 6.8 The Bill 1984 Lassiter ★ 5.4 Lassiter 1984 Reilly: Ace of Spies ★ 7.0 Reilly: Ace of Spies 1983 The Comic Strip Presents... ★ 7.4 The Comic Strip Presents... 1982