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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2020
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Character: Daddy Pig
MOVIE • 2019
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2017
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Character: Henry VIII
TV • 2016
The Carer
Character: Landlord
MOVIE • 2016
The Carer
Character: Pub Landlord
MOVIE • 2016
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2015
Endeavour
Character: DI Chesney Finch
TV • 2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Character: Daddy Pig (voice)
MOVIE • 2013
The Scapegoat
Character: Landlord
MOVIE • 2012
Isle of Spagg
Character: Bob / Mel (voice)
MOVIE • 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Buck
MOVIE • 2011
Creation
Character: Thatcher
MOVIE • 2009
Faintheart
Character: Collin
MOVIE • 2009
Merlin
Character: Halig
TV • 2008
Roman Mysteries
Character: Venalicius
TV • 2007
Crew
