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Born | Richard John Ridings 19 September 1958 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
Alma mater | Bretton Hall College Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse | Catherine Jensen (m. 1983) |
Children | Freya Ridings [2] |
Richard John Ridings (born 19 September 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.
He had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them Clockwise , The Ink Thief , Red Dwarf , Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) , Who Framed Roger Rabbit , Fierce Creatures and as Silas in Highlander: The Series . Ridings voices Daddy Pig in the animated children's series Peppa Pig , Father Christmas and Boss Dwarf in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom , and Grooby in Q Pootle 5. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore , playing a sexually obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst and Amanda Abbington. The second series was transmitted in May, 2007. [3]
Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in Quake III Arena , the Mentor in Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2 , Mendechaus in War for the Overworld , Roach in Heavenly Sword , General Pig in Puppeteer , and ex-lawman Giles the Farmer in Fable II , on the Xbox 360 video game console. In 2010 he also provided the voice of Pigsy, in the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and of Cornell (the Dark Lord of the Lycanthropes) in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow . In 2011 he provided the voice of the leader of the Machina refugees, Miqol, in Xenoblade Chronicles and in 2013 he provided the voice of the Hunter in DmC: Devil May Cry , the Daemon Lord in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate , and the Green Man in Tearaway . In 2016 he voiced Thorgrim Grudgebearer in Total War: Warhammer .
Most recently, Ridings played a courageous ape named "Buck" in the "Planet of the Apes" prequel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes , which was released in August 2011. In 2015, he played Mr Bumble in the BBC miniseries Dickensian .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Reilly, Ace of Spies | Vanderberg | 1.02 "Prelude to War" |
1984–1986 | Fairly Secret Army | Ron Boat | 10 episodes |
1986 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Tulley's Sidekick | 3.08 "The Cortez Connection" |
1987 | The Ritz | Mad Mick | 6 episodes |
1987 | Matlock | Nicky | 2.01 "The Billionaire" |
1987 | Home to Roost | Millwall | 3.05 "Crime Watch" |
1987 | The Continental | Mad Mick | Television film |
1988 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Yob 1 | 4.04 "The Yob" |
1988 | Casualty | Kevin | 3.02 "Desperate Odds" |
1988 | Watching | Alistair | 2.16 "Twitching" |
1989 | The Bill | Campbell | 5.49 "A Quiet Life" |
1989 | Saracen | Bulmer | 1.10 "Three Blind Mice" |
1990 | The Castle of Adventure | Nico | 8 episodes |
1991 | Red Dwarf | D.N.A. Ship Computer | Voice 4.02 "DNA" |
1992 | Sean's Show | Steve | 1.06 "Blind Date" |
1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Andre | 2.02 "Somme, Early August 1916" |
1992 | Liquid Television | Diner Cook #1 | 5 episodes |
1992 | Boon | Keith | 7.07 "The Sharp End" |
1993 | Minder | Warren | 9.02 "No Way to Treat a Daley" |
1993 | Comics | Tommy Karr | 2 episodes |
1993 | Casualty | Jack | 8.02 "Riders on the Storm" |
1993 | Red Dwarf | Crazed Astro | 6.01 "Psirens" |
1993 | Screen One | Kevin | 5.06 "Money for Nothing" |
1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Brian Burkhill | Television film |
1994 | Pie in the Sky | Gary Bourne | 1.09 "Who Only Stand and Wait" |
1994 | Wild Justice | Carl | Television film |
1994 | The Ink Thief | Aloysius | 7 episodes |
1994–1997 | Common As Muck | Bernard Green | 12 episodes |
1994 | Heartbeat | Thorpe | 4.15 "A Bird in the Hand" |
1995 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | 2.03 "Episode #2.3" | |
1995 | Sorry About Last Night | Greg | Television film |
1995 | Cruel Train | Percy Cotton | Television film |
1996 | On Dangerous Ground | Thomas Borga | Television film |
1997 | Highlander: The Series | Silas | 2 episodes |
1997 | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Reverend Thwackum | 5 episodes |
1998 | Casualty | Ted Stokes | 12.22 "Love Me Tender" |
2000 | This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | Det. Supt. Dick Holland | Television miniseries |
2000 | Nature Boy | Ted | Television miniseries |
2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | PC Buns | 1.06 "A Man of Substance" |
2000 | Relic Hunter | Johnny the Jackhammer | 1.21 "Nothing But the Truth" |
2000–2004 | Fat Friends | Alan Ashburn | 14 episodes |
2001 | Murder in Mind | DCI Quarry | 1.01 "Teacher" |
2001 | Where the Heart Is | Paul Foster | 5.13 "Declaration" |
2001 | Merseybeat | Ben Ormerod | 1.09 "Crying Out Loud" |
2002 | Born and Bred | Horace Trubshaw | 1.03 "The Inspector Calls" |
2002 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | D.I. Andy Hateley | 3.06 "An Inspector Calls" |
2003 | Margery and Gladys | Terry Mason | Television film |
2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Trevor Nesbitt | 8.03 "Great Escapes" |
2004–present | Peppa Pig | Daddy Pig (UK) | Voice (main character) |
2004 | Casualty | Robbie Beresford | 18.39 "The Good Father" |
2005 | Timewatch | Elder Sextus | 24.02 "Murder in Rome" |
2005 | The Shape of the Future | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
2005 | New Tricks | Robbie | 2.07 "Fluke of Luck" |
2005 | Coronation Street | Barry | 3 episodes |
2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | Maurice | 1.02 "Macbeth" |
2005 | The Worst Week of My Life | PC Tait | 2 episodes |
2006 | Mayo | Mark Castello | 1.02 "Requiem for a Dove" |
2006 | The Royal | Malcolm Hogg | 5.11 "Keep on Running" |
2007 | Roman Mysteries | Venalicius | 3 episodes |
2008 | Casualty | Vince | 23.16 "This Will Be Our Year" |
2009 | Merlin | Halig | 2.09 "The Lady of the Lake" |
2011 | Doctors | Jeff Hollins | 13.67 "Sunday Sunday" |
2012 | Holby City | Roy Benson | 14.21 "Fresh Blood" |
2009–2012 | Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | Big Bad Barry Dwarf Boss Dwarf Mine Door Father Christmas | Voice 16 episodes |
2013–2014 | Q Pootle 5 | Groobie / Planet Dave | Voice 49 episodes |
2013 | 50 Greatest Kids Shows | Himself | Television documentary |
2013 | Great MoVie Mistakes | Himself (voice) | Television documentary |
2014 | Our Zoo | Henning | 1.03 "The Village Rivals" |
2014 | Q Pootle 5: Pootle All the Way! | Groobie / Planet Dave | Voice Television film |
2014 | Borgia | Adriano Castellesi | 3.09 "1503, Part One" |
2015 | Chuggington | Hamish | Voice 4 episodes |
2016 | Jericho | Thornhill | 2 episodes |
2015–2016 | Dickensian | Mr. Bumble | Voice 15 episodes |
2013 | The TV That Made Me | Himself | 2.12 "Richard Ridings" |
2016 | Highlander: Dark Places | Narrator | Voice Television film |
2016 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | King Henry, VIII | 1.03 "Divorced, Beheaded, Survived" |
2018 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Bob Gray | Voice 3.04 "Night and Day" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Dungeon Keeper | The Mentor (voice) | |
1997 | Virus: The Game | Viruses (voice) | |
1999 | Silver | Fuge (voice) | |
1999 | Quake III: Arena | Sarge (voice) | |
1999 | Dungeon Keeper 2 | The Mentor (voice) | |
2000 | Imperium Galactica II: Alliances | Additional Voices (voice) | English version |
2005 | Kameo: Elements of Power | Thorn (voice) | |
2005 | Shinobido | Kabuto (voice) | English version |
2007 | Heavenly Sword | Roach (voice) | |
2008 | Viking: Battle for Asgard | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2008 | Fable II | Farmer Giles (voice) | |
2009 | Killzone 2 | Additional Helghast Voices (voice) | |
2009 | Risen | Karakos (voice) Drok (voice) Ukkos (voice) | English version |
2010 | Xenoblade Chronicles | Miqol (voice) | English version |
2010 | Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | Pigsy (voice) | |
2010 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Cornell (voice) | English version |
2010 | Fable III | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2011 | Killzone 3 | Helghast Soldiers (voice) | |
2011 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine | Space Marine (voice) Chaos Space Marine (voice) | |
2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Duke Kendoh (voice) | |
2013 | DmC: Devil May Cry | Hunter (voice) | |
2013 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate | Daemon Lord (voice) | |
2013 | Puppeteer | General Pig (voice) | |
2014 | Dungeon Keeper Mobile | Horned Reaper (voice) | |
2014 | Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2014 | GRID Autosport | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2014 | Assassin's Creed: Unity | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2015 | Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below | Additional Voices (voice) | English version |
2015 | War for the Overworld | Mendechaus (voice) | |
2015 | Tearaway Unfolded | The Green Man (voice) | |
2016 | Total War: Warhammer | Azhag the Slaughterer (voice) Balthasar Gelt (voice) Thorgrim Grudgebearer (voice) Vlad von Carstein (voice) Wurrzag the Great Green Prophet (voice) | |
2016 | Dragon Quest Heroes II | King of Harba (voice) | English version |
2018 | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | King Leonhard (voice) | English version |
2020 | SpellForce 3: Fallen God | Chieftain Kabrax Faithful (voice) | English version |
2023 | Total War: Warhammer III | Thorgrim Grudgebearer (voice) | Immortal Empires Trailer and Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs DLC |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Performance history |
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1984 | Bouncers | Lucky Eric / Judd | John Godber | West End, Tour |
1984 | Up 'n' Under | Frank Rowley | John Gobler | Hull Truck Theatre |
1987 | Putting on the Ritz | Mad Mick | John Godber | Haymarket Leicester |
1988 | Major Barbara | Bill Walker | Christopher Morahan | Chichester |
1990 | Love's Labour's Lost | Constable Dull | Terry Hands | RSC |
1991 | Troilus & Cressida | Ajax | Sam Mendes | RSC |
1991 | King Lear | Duke of Cornwall | Nicholas Hynter | RSC |
2013 | This House | Joe Harper | Jeremy Herrin | National Theatre |
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