Richard Ridings
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.
Acting
Movie
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
2011
Movie
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
2002
Movie
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Angelo
1988
Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2003
Movie
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
2005
Movie
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire
1999
Movie
Oliver Twist
as Warder
2005
Movie
The Physician
as Tough Guy
2013
TV
Merlin
as Halig
2008
TV
Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2004
TV
Red Dwarf
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
1988
TV
Red Dwarf
as Crazed Astro
1988
TV
Highlander: The Series
as Silas
1992
Movie
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh Primates
1997
Movie
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
2006
TV
Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch
2013
Movie
Erik the Viking
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1989
Movie
Creation
as Thatcher
2009
Movie
Clockwise
as Policeman at Crash
1986
Movie
The Fourth Protocol
as Skinhead
1987
TV
Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer
1999
TV
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Andre
1992
TV
Matlock
as Nicky
1986
Movie
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2012
