Richard Ridings
Known for Acting
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
The Pianist
2002
as Mr. Lipa
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Buck
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Angelo
Oliver Twist
2005
as Warder
The Physician
2013
as Tough Guy
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as La Hire
The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Bunst
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Mr. Monza
Erik the Viking
1989
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Skinhead
Creation
2009
as Thatcher
Amazing Grace
2006
as Speaker of the House
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Hugh Primates
The Carer
2016
as Landlord
The Carer
2016
as Pub Landlord
The Princess and the Pea
2002
as King Windham/Button (voice)
Clockwise
1986
as Policeman at Crash
Lassiter
1984
as German Guard
Faintheart
2009
as Collin
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)