About
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.
Known for
Peppa PigSeries • 2004
CasualtySeries • 1986
MinderSeries • 1979
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
Highlander: The SeriesSeries • 1992
MatlockSeries • 1986
Red DwarfSeries • 1988
The BillSeries • 1984
MerlinSeries • 2008
EndeavourSeries • 2013
Relic HunterSeries • 1999
New TricksSeries • 2004
Rise of the Planet of the ApesMovie • 2011
Dalziel and PascoeSeries • 1996
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries • 1992
Pie in the SkySeries • 1994
The Comic Strip Presents...Series • 1982
The PianistMovie • 2002
Dempsey and MakepeaceSeries • 1985
Who Framed Roger RabbitMovie • 1988
Fat FriendsSeries • 2000
TimewatchSeries • 1982
The Brothers GrimmMovie • 2005
Born and BredSeries • 2002