Richard Ridings

Actor

Born: September 19, 1958 (67 years old)

Place of birth: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK

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 (55)

• The Pianist (2002, ★ 8.4)
• Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (2017, ★ 8.5)
• Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (2019, ★ 7.6)
• Margery and Gladys (2003, ★ 7.4)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, ★ 7.3)
• Amazing Grace (2006, ★ 6.9)
• ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth (2005, ★ 7.3)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, ★ 7.5)
• The Princess and the Pea (2002, ★ 7.2)
• Red Dwarf (1988, ★ 8.1)
• Matlock (1986, ★ 7.1)
• Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
• New Tricks (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Timewatch (1982, ★ 6.9)
• This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000, ★ 7.6)
• Merlin (2008, ★ 7.8)
• ShakespeaRe-Told (2005, ★ 7.5)
• The Royal (2003, ★ 7.6)
• Pie in the Sky (1994, ★ 8.3)
• Endeavour (2013, ★ 8.1)
• Murder in Mind (2001, ★ 8.4)
• Minder (1979, ★ 7.1)
• Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016, ★ 6.8)
• Highlander: The Series (1992, ★ 7.4)
• The Comic Strip Presents... (1982, ★ 7.4)
• Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983, ★ 7)
• Fat Friends (2000, ★ 7.7)
• The Brothers Grimm (2005, ★ 5.8)
• Creation (2009, ★ 6.4)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999, ★ 6.4)