Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Richard Ridings
Acting
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Movies: 47Series: 35Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 6645
IMDb ID: nm0725956
Known for: Acting
Born: September 19, 1958
Age: 67
Place of birth: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2025
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q3431161
Also known as
Richard Riding
Other jobs
Vocals (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Ridings.
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019 • Movie
as Daddy Pig
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017 • Movie
as Landlord
The Carer
2016 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015 • Movie
as Tough Guy
The Physician
2013 • Movie
Vocals
Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation
2013 • Movie
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013 • Movie
as Landlord
The Scapegoat
2012 • Movie
as Bob / Mel (voice)
Isle of Spagg
2011 • Movie
as Buck
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 • Movie
as Thatcher
Creation
2009 • Movie
as Collin
Faintheart
2009 • Movie
as Speaker of the House
Amazing Grace
2006 • Movie
as Maurice
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005 • Movie
as Warder
Oliver Twist
2005 • Movie
as Bunst
The Brothers Grimm
2005 • Movie
as Lorry Driver
Frozen
2005 • Movie
as Terry Mason
Margery and Gladys
2003 • Movie
as Mr. Monza
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Ridings.
as Henry VIII • 1 eps
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016 • Series
as DI Chesney Finch • 1 eps
Endeavour
2013 • Series
as Halig • 1 eps
Merlin
2008 • Series
as Venalicius • 3 eps
Roman Mysteries
2007 • Series
as Mark Castello • 1 eps
Mayo
2006 • Series
1 eps
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 • Series
as Daddy Pig (voice) • 492 eps
Peppa Pig
2004 • Series
as PC Tait • 2 eps
The Worst Week of My Life
2004 • Series
1 eps
New Tricks
2004 • Series
as Malcolm Hogg • 1 eps
The Royal
2003 • Series
as Horace Trubshaw • 1 eps
Born and Bred
2002 • Series
as DCI Quarry • 1 eps
Murder in Mind
2001 • Series
as Alan Ashburn • 14 eps
Fat Friends
2000 • Series
as Ted • 1 eps
Nature Boy
2000 • Series
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland • 3 eps
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000 • Series
as Johnny the Jackhammer • 1 eps
Relic Hunter
1999 • Series
as Reverend Thwackum • 5 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 • Series
as Bernard Green • 12 eps
Common As Muck
1994 • Series
as Aloysius • 7 eps
The Ink Thief
1994 • Series
as Gary Bourne • 1 eps
Pie in the Sky
1994 • Series
as Tommy Karr • 2 eps
Comics
1993 • Series
as Silas • 2 eps
Highlander: The Series
1992 • Series
as Thorpe • 1 eps
Heartbeat
1992 • Series
as Andre • 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 • Series