Richard Ridings

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.

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding 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)
Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation
2013
Vocals
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013
Daddy Pig (voice)
The Scapegoat
2012
Landlord
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Buck
Isle of Spagg
2011
Bob / Mel (voice)
Creation
2009
Thatcher
Faintheart
2009
Collin
Amazing Grace
2006
Speaker of the House
The Brothers Grimm
2005
Bunst
Oliver Twist
2005
Warder
Frozen
2005
Lorry Driver
Macbeth
2005
Maurice
Margery and Gladys
2003
Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Mr. Monza
The Pianist
2002
Mr. Lipa
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
Fierce Creatures
1997
Hugh Primates
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Guard
On Dangerous Ground
1996
Thomas Borga
Cruel Train
1995
Percy Cotton
Sorry About Last Night
1995
Greg
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
Brian Burkhill
Dogboy
1992
Diner Cook #1
King of the Wind
1990
Jailer
Erik the Viking
1989
Thorfinn Skullsplitter
The Yob
1988
Yob 1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Angelo
Out of Town
1988
Labourer
The Fourth Protocol
1987
Skinhead
Clockwise
1986
Policeman at Crash
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
Egyptian
Lassiter
1984
German Guard