Sep 19, 1958 - 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.
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| Movie | 2002 | The Pianist | Mr. Lipa | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Bunst | |
| Movie | 2017 | Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 1984 | Lassiter | German Guard | |
| Movie | 2020 | Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Creation | Thatcher | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | La Hire | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Yob | Yob 1 | |
| Movie | 1992 | Dogboy | Diner Cook #1 | |
| Movie | 1998 | Up 'n' Under | Frank | |
| Movie | 1989 | Erik the Viking | Thorfinn Skullsplitter | |
| Movie | 2024 | Peppa's Cinema Party | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 1995 | Cruel Train | Percy Cotton | |
| Movie | 1997 | Fierce Creatures | Hugh Primates | |
| Movie | 2015 | Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Det. Supt. Dick Holland | |
| Movie | 1985 | Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire | Egyptian | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell | André | |
| Movie | 1995 | Sorry About Last Night | Greg | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Carer | Landlord | |
| Movie | 2009 | Faintheart | Collin | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | The Guard | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Scapegoat | Landlord | |
| Movie | 2003 | Margery and Gladys | Terry Mason | |
| Movie | 2005 | Oliver Twist | Warder | |
| Movie | 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Buck | |
| Movie | 2006 | Amazing Grace | Speaker of the House | |
| Movie | 2002 | Puckoon | Alex Walker | |
| Movie | 2003 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Mr. Monza | |
| Movie | 1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Brian Burkhill | |
| Movie | 2019 | Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year | Daddy Pig | |
| Movie | 2005 | Frozen | Lorry Driver | |
| Movie | 2005 | Macbeth | Maurice | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Skinhead | |
| Movie | 2011 | Isle of Spagg | Bob / Mel (voice) | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Carer | Pub Landlord | |
| Movie | 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Angelo | |
| Movie | 2013 | Peppa Pig: The Holiday | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | King of the Wind | Jailer | |
| Movie | 1988 | Out of Town | Labourer | |
| Movie | 1996 | On Dangerous Ground | Thomas Borga | |
| Movie | 2024 | Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 2025 | Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience | Daddy Pig (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | Clockwise | Policeman at Crash | |
| TV Show | 2000 | Fat Friends | Alan | 25 |
| TV Show | 1984 | The Bill | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1986 | Matlock | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Andre | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Reverend Thwackum | 5 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Heartbeat | Thorpe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1988 | Red Dwarf | DNA Ship Computer (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Peppa Pig | Daddy Pig (voice) | 416 |
| TV Show | 2004 | New Tricks | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2006 | Mayo | Mark Castello | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Timewatch | Elder Sextus | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Det. Supt. Dick Holland | 3 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Fairly Secret Army | Ron Boat | 13 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Merlin | Halig | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Relic Hunter | Johnny the Jackhammer | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Roman Mysteries | Venalicius | 3 |
| TV Show | 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | The Royal | Malcolm Hogg | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Casualty | Kevin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Casualty | Jack | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Minder | Warren | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Gary Bourne | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Red Dwarf | Crazed Astro | 1 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | Henry VIII | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | The Ink Thief | Aloysius | 7 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Silas | 2 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Endeavour | DI Chesney Finch | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Common As Muck | Bernard Green | 12 |
| TV Show | 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Yob 1 | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Tulley's Sidekick | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Home to Roost | Millwall | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Vanderberg | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Murder in Mind | DCI Quarry | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Born and Bred | Horace Trubshaw | 1 |
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| Movie | 2013 | Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation | Vocals | Sound |
