Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 19, 1958
Place of Birth:
Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | Henry VIII |
| 2013 | Endeavour | DI Chesney Finch |
| 2008 | Merlin | Halig |
| 2007 | Roman Mysteries | Venalicius |
| 2006 | Mayo | Mark Castello |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | |
| 2004 | Peppa Pig | Daddy Pig (voice) |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2003 | The Royal | Malcolm Hogg |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | DCI Quarry |
| 2000 | Fat Friends | Alan |
| 2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Det. Supt. Dick Holland |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter | Johnny the Jackhammer |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Reverend Thwackum |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Gary Bourne |
| 1994 | The Ink Thief | Aloysius |
| 1994 | Common As Muck | Bernard Green |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Andre |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Thorpe |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Silas |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | DNA Ship Computer (voice) |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Crazed Astro |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1986 | Casualty | Kevin |
| 1986 | Casualty | Jack |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Tulley's Sidekick |
| 1985 | Home to Roost | Millwall |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1984 | Fairly Secret Army | Ron Boat |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Vanderberg |
| 1982 | Timewatch | Elder Sextus |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Yob 1 |
| 1979 | Minder | Warren |