Richard Ridings

Born: 1958-09-19

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.


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as Buck
Released: 2011-08-03

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since...

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The Pianist

as Mr. Lipa
Released: 2002-09-17

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation....

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as Angelo
Released: 1988-06-21

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the...

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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

as La Hire
Released: 1999-10-27

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that...

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The Brothers Grimm

as Bunst
Released: 2005-08-26

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village...

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Oliver Twist

as Warder
Released: 2005-09-23

Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski...

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as Mr. Monza
Released: 2003-07-21

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes...

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Creation

as Thatcher
Released: 2009-09-25

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles...

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Erik the Viking

as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
Released: 1989-09-01

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to...

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Fierce Creatures

as Hugh Primates
Released: 1997-01-23

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand...

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The Fourth Protocol

as Skinhead
Released: 1987-03-20

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns...

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Amazing Grace

as Speaker of the House
Released: 2006-09-16

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade....

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The Scapegoat

as Landlord
Released: 2012-09-09

In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in...

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The Wind in the Willows

as The Guard
Released: 1996-10-16

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his...

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Lassiter

as German Guard
Released: 1984-02-17

Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German...

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Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2017-04-07

Join Peppa in this exciting new preschool cinema experience, with plenty of snorts, giggles and...

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Frozen

as Lorry Driver
Released: 2005-03-12

It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but...

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Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2015-02-14

Peppa Pig loves jumping up and down in puddles wearing her golden boots. Unfortunately, Mrs Duck...

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Peppa's Cinema Party

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2024-02-07

In celebration of British children’s series Peppa Pig‘s 20th anniversary, the event offers ten...

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Faintheart

as Collin
Released: 2009-01-27

A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has...

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Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2019-04-05

Join the party with Peppa and George in their brand new adventures as they dance in the mud at a...

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Macbeth

as Maurice
Released: 2005-11-14

A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class...

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The Carer

as Landlord
Released: 2016-08-05

Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage....

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The Carer

as Pub Landlord
Released: 2016-08-05

Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage....

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell

as André
Released: 1999-10-24

As a young soldier in the Belgian Army, Indy learns firsthand the savagery of warfare while...

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King of the Wind

as Jailer
Released: 1990-05-25

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel:...

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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

as Egyptian
Released: 1985-11-25

Cocky cockney snooker player Billy Kid accepts the challenge of a grudge match from Maxwell...

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Peppa Pig: The Holiday

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2013-03-25

Join Peppa and friends for 10 episodes, brand new to DVD for Easter 2013 including the 4 part...

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Up 'n' Under

as Frank
Released: 1998-01-23

The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten...

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Cruel Train

as Percy Cotton
Released: 1995-01-01

In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused...

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Margery and Gladys

as Terry Mason
Released: 2003-09-21

When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough...

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Puckoon

as Alex Walker
Released: 2002-01-01

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

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Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year

as Daddy Pig
Released: 2019-02-05

Tang Yuan, Jiao Zi and their family enjoy Chinese New Year together, learning about traditions,...

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On Dangerous Ground

as Thomas Borga
Released: 1996-05-13

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing...

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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
Released: 2000-01-26

This is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper...

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Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit

as Daddy Pig (voice)
Released: 2020-12-16

The Peppa Pig Peppa's Christmas Visit DVD is Peppa Pig's exciting everyday adventure with little...

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A Pinch of Snuff

as Brian Burkhill
Released: 1994-04-09

Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the...

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Sorry About Last Night

as Greg
Released: 1995-12-27

A romantic comedy written by and starring Alexei Sayle. A couple on a first date in London are...

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Out of Town

as Labourer
Released: 1988-01-01

A man walking on a country road gets his foot stuck in a hole. But why will nobody stop to help?

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Isle of Spagg

as Bob / Mel (voice)
Released: 2011-10-29

On the other side of the Vertic Sea where things are distinctly fishier.

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The Yob

as Yob 1
Released: 1988-03-12

An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director...

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Dogboy

as Diner Cook #1
Released: 1992-09-24

Live action adaptation of Charles Burns' comic series from RAW magazine, premiered on MTV's...

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Peppa Pig

as Daddy Pig (voice)
First aired: 2004-05-31

Peppa Pig is an energetic piggy who lives with Mummy, Daddy, and little brother George. She...

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Relic Hunter

as Johnny the Jackhammer
First aired: 1999-09-25

Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to...

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Endeavour

as DI Chesney Finch
First aired: 2013-04-14

The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the...

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Merlin

as Halig
First aired: 2008-09-20

The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers,...

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Minder

as Warren
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Highlander: The Series

as Silas
First aired: 1992-10-03

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's...

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Casualty

as Kevin
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Casualty

as Jack
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Red Dwarf

as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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Red Dwarf

as Crazed Astro
First aired: 1988-02-15

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...

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Matlock

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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New Tricks

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Heartbeat

as Thorpe
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Timewatch

as Elder Sextus
First aired: 1982-09-29

Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical...

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Pie in the Sky

as Gary Bourne
First aired: 1994-03-13

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Yob 1
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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Dempsey and Makepeace

as Tulley's Sidekick
First aired: 1985-01-11

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...

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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Andre
First aired: 1992-03-04

At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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Fat Friends

as Alan
First aired: 2000-10-12

Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain...

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ShakespeaRe-Told

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-11-07

Four of Shakespeare's plays are dramatically relocated to the modern day.

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Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Vanderberg
First aired: 1983-09-05

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a...

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Murder in Mind

as DCI Quarry
First aired: 2001-04-22

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...

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Born and Bred

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-04-21

Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005....

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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Reverend Thwackum
First aired: 1997-11-09

Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of...

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Common As Muck

as Bernard Green
First aired: 1994-09-07

Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men...

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Home to Roost

as Millwall
First aired: 1985-04-19

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s....

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Mayo

as Mark Castello
First aired: 2006-03-12

Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries...

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This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
First aired: 2000-01-26

Dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the...

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Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

as Henry VIII
First aired: 2016-12-07

In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic...

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The Royal

as Malcolm Hogg
First aired: 2003-01-19

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...

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Roman Mysteries

as Venalicius
First aired: 2007-05-08

Roman Mysteries is a television series based on the series of children's historical novels by...

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The Ink Thief

as Aloysius
First aired: 1994-07-20

The Ink Thief steals the power of children's imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and...

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