Acting
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.
Filmography
Festive Fun with Peppa
Film · 2026
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Film · 2025
Peppa's Cinema Party
Film · 2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Film · 2024
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Film · 2020
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Film · 2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Film · 2019
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Film · 2017
The Carer
Film · 2016
The Carer
Film · 2016
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Series · 2016
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
Series · 2016
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Film · 2015
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Film · 2013
The Physician
Film · 2013
Endeavour
Series · 2013
The Scapegoat
Film · 2012
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Film · 2011
Isle of Spagg
Film · 2011
Creation
Film · 2009
Faintheart
Film · 2009
Merlin
Series · 2008
Amazing Grace
Film · 2007
Roman Mysteries
Series · 2007
Mayo
Series · 2006
The Brothers Grimm
Film · 2005
Oliver Twist
Film · 2005
Frozen
Film · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Film · 2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
Series · 2005
Peppa Pig
Series · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
The Worst Week of My Life
Series · 2004
Margery and Gladys
Film · 2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Film · 2003
The Royal
Series · 2003
The Pianist
Film · 2002
Puckoon
Film · 2002
The Princess and the Pea
Film · 2002
Born and Bred
Series · 2002
Murder in Mind
Series · 2001
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Film · 2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Series · 2000
Fat Friends
Series · 2000
Nature Boy
Series · 2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Film · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Film · 1999
Relic Hunter
Series · 1999
Up 'n' Under
Film · 1998
Fierce Creatures
Film · 1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Series · 1997
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 1996
On Dangerous Ground
Film · 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Series · 1996
Cruel Train
Film · 1995
Sorry About Last Night
Film · 1995
A Pinch of Snuff
Film · 1994
Pie in the Sky
Series · 1994
The Ink Thief
Series · 1994
Common As Muck
Series · 1994
Comics
Series · 1993
Dogboy
Film · 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
King of the Wind
Film · 1990
The Castle of Adventure
Series · 1990
Erik the Viking
Film · 1989
The Yob
Film · 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Film · 1988
Out of Town
Film · 1988
Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
The Fourth Protocol
Film · 1987
The Ritz
Series · 1987
Clockwise
Film · 1986
Matlock
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Film · 1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Series · 1985
Home to Roost
Series · 1985
Lassiter
Film · 1984
The Bill
Series · 1984
Fairly Secret Army
Series · 1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Series · 1983
Timewatch
Series · 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Series · 1982
Minder
Series · 1979