Richard Ridings
Acting
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.
Born: September 19, 1958
Place of Birth: Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Known For
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Peppa Pig loves jumping up and down in puddles wearing her golden boots. Unfortunately, Mrs Duck takes a liking to Peppa's boots and runs away with them! With the help of her friends, Peppa must travel across land, sea, and even into space to track down the golden boots before the big Puddle Jump competition.
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow surprise everyone with their wedding announcement and everyone rallies around to make it memorable!
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Join Peppa in this exciting new preschool cinema experience, with plenty of snorts, giggles and jumping up and down in muddy puddles! Leading with "Peppa Visits London," the first of the never-before-seen episodes, Peppa and her friends hop on board a double-decker red bus as the Queen takes them on an unforgettable tour of iconic London landmarks including Big Ben, Tower Bridge and Trafalgar Square. The other new ‘oink-tastic episodes include "The Police," "Canal Boat,""‘The Zoo," "Move to the Music" and a four-part story in which viewers will join Peppa on an Australian holiday to visit her old friend, Kylie Kangaroo.
Born and Bred
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from the perspective of the murderer.
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Endeavour
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Red Dwarf
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Filmography
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Daddy Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Henry VIII
as Landlord
as Pub Landlord
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as DI Chesney Finch
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Landlord
as Bob / Mel (voice)
as Thatcher
as Collin
as Halig
as Venalicius
as Speaker of the House
as Mark Castello
as Maurice
as Warder
as Bunst
as Lorry Driver
as Daddy Pig (voice)
as Terry Mason
as Mr. Monza
as Malcolm Hogg
as Mr. Lipa
as King Windham/Button (voice)
as Horace Trubshaw
as Alex Walker
as DCI Quarry
as Alan Ashburn
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
as La Hire
as Johnny the Jackhammer
as Frank
as Reverend Thwackum
as Hugh Primates
as The Guard
as Thomas Borga
as Greg
as Percy Cotton
as Bernard Green
as Aloysius
as Brian Burkhill
as Gary Bourne
as Tommy Karr
as Silas
as Diner Cook #1
as Thorpe
as Jailer
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
as Angelo
as Yob 1
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
as Crazed Astro
as Labourer
as Skinhead
as Kevin
as Jack
as Nicky
as Policeman at Crash
as Egyptian
as Millwall
as Tulley's Sidekick
as German Guard
as Vanderberg
as Yob 1
as Elder Sextus
as Warren