Acting credits
79
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Richard Ridings
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 46Series: 34Crew 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: 6.7
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.
10.0
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2025 Movie
10.0
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024 Movie
4.0
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024 Movie
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020 Movie
7.6
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019 Movie
4.0
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
2019 Movie
8.5
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2017 Movie
6.6
The Carer
as Landlord
2016 Movie
10.0
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2015 Movie
Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation
Vocals
2013 Movie
1.0
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013 Movie
6.4
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2012 Movie
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
2011 Movie
7.3
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
2011 Movie
6.4
Creation
as Thatcher
2009 Movie
6.3
Faintheart
as Collin
2009 Movie
6.9
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
2006 Movie
7.3
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
2005 Movie
6.7
Oliver Twist
as Warder
2005 Movie
5.8
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
2005 Movie
5.7
Frozen
as Lorry Driver
2005 Movie
7.4
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
2003 Movie
5.8
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2003 Movie
8.4
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Ridings.
6.8
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
as Henry VIII • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.1
Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Halig • 1 eps
2008 Series
5.0
Roman Mysteries
as Venalicius • 3 eps
2007 Series
4.2
Mayo
as Mark Castello • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.5
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 eps
2005 Series
6.6
Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice) • 416 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
The Royal
as Malcolm Hogg • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.5
Born and Bred
as Horace Trubshaw • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.4
Murder in Mind
as DCI Quarry • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Fat Friends
as Alan Ashburn • 14 eps
2000 Series
7.5
Nature Boy
as Ted • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.6
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland • 3 eps
2000 Series
6.7
Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.0
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Reverend Thwackum • 5 eps
1997 Series
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Common As Muck
as Bernard Green • 12 eps
1994 Series
The Ink Thief
as Aloysius • 7 eps
1994 Series
8.3
Pie in the Sky
as Gary Bourne • 1 eps
1994 Series
1.0
Comics
as Tommy Karr • 2 eps
1993 Series
7.4
Highlander: The Series
as Silas • 2 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Thorpe • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Andre • 1 eps
1992 Series