Richard Ridings

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.

Known For

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

as Buck

The Pianist

as Mr. Lipa

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

as Angelo

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

as Mr. Monza

The Brothers Grimm

as Bunst

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

as La Hire

Oliver Twist

as Warder

Merlin

as Halig

Peppa Pig

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Red Dwarf

as DNA Ship Computer (voice)