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{{Short description|English actor}}
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| birth_name = Richard John Ridings
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| years active = 1983–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Jensen|c. 1984}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+cried+for+ages+after+Dunblane%3B+Questions+%2B+Answers%3A+RICHARD+RIDINGS.-a061127061 |title=I cried for ages after Dunblane; Questions + Answers: RICHARD RIDINGS. |date=22 January 1997 |work=The Mirror}}</ref>
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'''Richard John Ridings''' (born 19 September 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television drama ''[[Fat Friends]]'', Bernard Green in the [[BBC One]] comedy-drama ''[[Common as Muck]]'', [[Mr. Bumble]] in the [[BBC]] series [[Dickensian (TV 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]].


==Career==
'''Richard Ridings''' (born 19 September 1958) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]] and is best known for his portrayal of Allan Ashburn in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] television drama ''[[Fat Friends]]'', and for playing Bernard Green in the [[BBC1]] comedy-drama ''[[Common as Muck]]''. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hobsons-international.com/voices/961/richard_ridings | accessdate = 3 May 2015 | website = Hobsons | title = Richard Ridings}}</ref>
He had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them ''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'', ''[[The Ink Thief]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'', ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' and as [[Silas (Highlander)|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725956/ | access-date = 3 May 2015 | website = IMDb | title = Richard Ridings}}</ref>


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 (video game)|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 (video game)|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 (video game)|Tearaway]]''. In 2016 he voiced Thorgrim Grudgebearer in ''[[Total War: Warhammer]]''.
Ridings was born in [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Oxfordshire]]. He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them ''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'', ''[[The Ink Thief]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'', ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' and as [[Silas (Highlander)|Silas]] in ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''. In 2004, Ridings was the voice of Daddy Pig in the animated children's series ''[[Peppa Pig]]''. 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725956/ | accessdate = 3 May 2015 | website = IMDb | title = Richard Ridings}}</ref>


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 (TV series)|Dickensian]]''.
Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in ''[[Quake III]]'', the Mentor in ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' and ''[[Dungeon Keeper 2]]'', Mendechaus in [[War for the Overworld]], Roach in ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'', General Pig in ''[[Puppeteer (video game)|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 (video game)|Tearaway]].


==Filmography==
Most recently, Ridings played a courageous ape named "Buck" in the "[[Planet of the Apes (franchise)|Planet of the Apes]]" prequel, ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'', which was released in August 2011. Ridings also voices the narrator in the 2015 computer game ''[[War for the Overworld]]'', a spiritual successor to the [[Dungeon Keeper]] franchise.<ref>{{cite news|title=Richard Ridings Unlocked!|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/subterraneangames/war-for-the-overworld/posts/381197/|author=Subterranean Games|work=[[Kickstarter]]|date=Jan 6, 2013}}</ref>
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="33"|Year
! width="225"|Film
! width="175"| Role
! width="175"| Director
! width="175"| Notes
|-
|1984
|''[[Lassiter (film)|Lassiter]]''
|German Guard #2
|[[Roger Young (director)|Roger Young]]
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]''
|Policeman at Crash
|[[Christopher Morahan]]
|
|-
|1987
|''[[The Fourth Protocol (film)|The Fourth Protocol]]''
|Skinhead
|[[John Mackenzie (film director)|John Mackenzie]]
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire]]''
|Egypt
|[[Alan Clarke]]
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
|Angelo
|[[Robert Zemeckis]]
|
|-
|1989
|''Out of Town''
|Labourer
|Norman Hull
|Short film
|-
|1989
|''[[Erik the Viking]]''
|Thorfinn Skullsplitter
|[[Terry Jones]]
|
|-
|1990
|''[[King of the Wind (film)|King of the Wind]]''
|Jailer
|[[Peter Duffell]]
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Different for Girls (film)|Different for Girls]]''
|
|[[Richard Spence (director)|Richard Spence]]
|Uncredited
|-
|1996
|''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]''
|The Guard
|[[Terry Jones]]
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Fierce Creatures]]''
|Hugh Primates
|[[Fred Schepisi]]<br/>[[Robert Young (director)|Robert Young]]
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Up 'n' Under (film)|Up 'n' Under]]''
|Frank
|[[John Godber]]
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]''
|[[La Hire]]
|[[Luc Besson]]
|
|-
|2002
|''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''
|Mr. Lipa
|[[Roman Polanski]]
|
|-
|2002
|''Puckoon''
|Alex Walker
|[[Terence Ryan]]
|
|-
|2002
|''[[The Princess and the Pea (2002 film)|The Princess and the Pea]]''
|King Windham / Button
|Mark Swan
|Voice
|-
|2003
|''[[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]]''
|Mr. Monza
|[[Jan de Bont]]
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Frozen (2005 film)|Frozen]]''
|Lorry Driver
|Juliet McKoen
|
|-
|2005
|''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]''
|Bunst
|[[Terry Gilliam]]
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]''
|Warder
|[[Roman Polanski]]
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''
|Speaker of the House
|[[Michael Apted]]
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Faintheart]]''
|Collin
|Vito Rocco
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Creation (2009 film)|Creation]]''
|Thatcher
|[[Jon Amiel]]
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]''
|Buck
|[[Rupert Wyatt]]
|
|-
|2011
|''Isle of Spagg''
|Bob / Mel
|[[The Brothers McLeod]]
|Voice<br/>Short film
|-
|2012
|''[[The Scapegoat (2012 film)|The Scapegoat]]''
|Landlord
|[[Charles Sturridge]]
|
|-
|2012
|''The Horsemen''
|Gary
|Samuel Bailey
|Short film
|-
|2013
|''[[This House (play)|National Theatre Live: This House]]''
|Joe Harper
|[[Jeremy Herrin]]
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart]]''
|Arthur
|Stéphane Berla<br/>[[Mathias Malzieu]]
|Voice (English version)
|-
|2013
|''[[The Physician (2013 film)|The Physician]]''
|Tough Guy
|[[Philipp Stölzl]]
|
|-
|2015
|''Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots''
|Daddy Pig (UK)
|Mark Baker<br/>Neville Astley
|Voice<br/>Short film
|-
|2016
|''The Carer''
|Pub Landlord
|János Edelényi
|
|}


==Selected filmography==
===TV series===
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'' (1986)
|-
* ''[[The Fourth Protocol (film)|The Fourth Protocol]]'' (1987)
!Year
* ''[[Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire]]'' (1987)
!Title
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988)
!Role
* ''[[Erik the Viking]]'' (1989)
!Notes
* ''[[King of the Wind (film)|King of the Wind]]'' (1990)
|-
* ''[[Fierce Creatures]]'' (1997)
|1983
* ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' (1999)
|''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]''
* ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' (2002)
|Vanderberg
* ''[[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]]'' (2003)
|1.02 "Prelude to War"
* ''[[The Brothers Grimm (film)|The Brothers Grimm]]'' (2005)
|-
* ''[[Amazing Grace (film)|Amazing Grace]]'' (2006)
|1984–1986
* ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (2011)
|''[[Fairly Secret Army]]''
|Ron Boat
|10 episodes
|-
|1986
|''[[Dempsey and Makepeace]]''
|Tulley's Sidekick
|3.08 "The Cortez Connection"
|-
|1987
|''[[The Ritz (TV series)|The Ritz]]''
|Mad Mick
|6 episodes
|-
|1987
|[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|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 (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Kevin
|3.02 "Desperate Odds"
|-
|1988
|''[[Watching (TV series)|Watching]]''
|Alistair
|2.16 "Twitching"
|-
|1989
|''[[The Bill]]''
|Campbell
|5.49 "A Quiet Life"
|-
|1989
|''[[Saracen (TV series)|Saracen]]''
|Bulmer
|1.10 "Three Blind Mice"
|-
|1990
|''[[The Castle of Adventure]]''
|Nico
|8 episodes
|-
|1991
|''[[Red Dwarf]]''
|D.N.A. Ship Computer
|Voice<br/>4.02 "[[DNA (Red Dwarf)|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 (TV series)|Boon]]''
|Keith
|7.07 "The Sharp End"
|-
|1993
|''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
|Warren
|9.02 "No Way to Treat a Daley"
|-
|1993
|''Comics''
|Tommy Karr
|2 episodes
|-
|1993
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|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 (TV series)|A Pinch of Snuff]]''
|Brian Burkhill
|Television film
|-
|1994
|''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)|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 (British TV series)|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 (Highlander)|Silas]]
|2 episodes
|-
|1997
|''[[The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (TV series)|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]]''
|Reverend Thwackum
|5 episodes
|-
|1998
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|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) (2000 TV series)|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 (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]''
|DCI Quarry
|1.01 "Teacher"
|-
|2001
|''[[Where the Heart Is (British TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]''
|Paul Foster
|5.13 "Declaration"
|-
|2001
|[[Merseybeat (TV series)|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 & Gladys]]''
|Terry Mason
|Television film
|-
|2004
|''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]''
|Trevor Nesbitt
|8.03 "[[List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#ep31|Great Escapes]]"
|-
|2004–present
|''[[Peppa Pig]]''
|Daddy Pig (UK)
|Voice (main character)
|-
|2004
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|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 "[[ShakespeaRe-Told#Macbeth|Macbeth]]"
|-
|2005
|''[[The Worst Week of My Life]]''
|PC Tait
|2 episodes
|-
|2006
|''[[Mayo (TV series)|Mayo]]''
|Mark Castello
|1.02 "Requiem for a Dove"
|-
|2006
|''[[The Royal]]''
|Malcolm Hogg
|5.11 "Keep on Running"
|-
|2007
|''[[Roman Mysteries (TV series)|Roman Mysteries]]''
|Venalicius
|3 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Vince
|23.16 "This Will Be Our Year"
|-
|2009
|''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
|Halig
|2.09 "The Lady of the Lake"
|-
|2011
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|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<br/>Dwarf Boss<br/>Dwarf Mine Door<br/>Father Christmas
|Voice<br/>16 episodes
|-
|2013–2014
|''[[Q Pootle 5]]''
|Groobie / Planet Dave
|Voice<br/>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<br/>Television film
|-
|2014
|''[[Borgia (TV series)|Borgia]]''
|Adriano Castellesi
|3.09 "1503, Part One"
|-
|2015
|''[[Chuggington]]''
|Hamish
|Voice<br/>4 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[Jericho (2016 TV series)|Jericho]]''
|Thornhill
|2 episodes
|-
|2015–2016
|''[[Dickensian (TV series)|Dickensian]]''
|[[Bumble (Oliver Twist)|Mr. Bumble]]
|Voice<br/>15 episodes
|-
|2013
|''[[The TV That Made Me]]''
|Himself
|2.12 "Richard Ridings"
|-
|2016
|''Highlander: Dark Places''
|Narrator
|Voice<br/>Television film
|-
|2016
|''Six Wives with Lucy Worsley''
|King Henry, VIII
|1.03 "Divorced, Beheaded, Survived"
|-
|2018
|''[[Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series)|Thunderbirds Are Go]]''
|Bob Gray
|Voice<br/>3.04 "Night and Day"
|}

===Video games===
{| class = "wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]''
|The Mentor (voice)
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Virus: The Game]]''
|Viruses (voice)
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Silver (video game)|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: Way of the Ninja|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 (video game)|Risen]]''
|Karakos (voice)<br />Drok (voice)<br />Ukkos (voice)
|English version
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles (video game)|Xenoblade Chronicles]]''
|Miqol (voice)
|English version
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]''
|Pigsy (voice)
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]''
|[[List of Castlevania characters#Cornell|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)<br />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 (video game)|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)<br />Balthasar Gelt (voice)<br />Thorgrim Grudgebearer (voice)<br />Vlad von Carstein (voice)<br />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
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Role
!scope=col| Director
!scope=col class=unsortable|Performance history
|-
!scope=row| 1984
| ''Bouncers''
| Lucky Eric / Judd
| [[John Godber]]
| West End, Tour
|-
!scope=row| 1984
| ''[[Up 'n' Under]]''
| Frank Rowley
| John Gobler
| Hull Truck Theatre
|-
!scope=row| 1987
| ''Putting on the Ritz''
| Mad Mick
| John Godber
| Haymarket Leicester
|-
!scope=row| 1988
| ''[[Major Barbara]]''
| Bill Walker
| [[Christopher Morahan]]
| Chichester
|-
!scope=row| 1990
| ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
| Constable Dull
| [[Terry Hands]]
| RSC
|-
!scope=row| 1991
| ''[[Troilus & Cressida]]''
| Ajax
| [[Sam Mendes]]
| RSC
|-
!scope=row| 1991
| ''[[King Lear]]''
| Duke of Cornwall
| [[Nicholas Hynter]]
| RSC
|-
!scope=row| 2013
| ''[[This House (play)|This House]]''
| Joe Harper
| [[Jeremy Herrin]]
| National Theatre
|}


==References==
==References==
'''General'''
* {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weQqYThhMDg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/weQqYThhMDg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Dungeon Keeper Interview: Richard Ridings |last=Skalski |first=Jeff |date=5 February 2014 |website=YouTube |publisher=[[EA Mobile|EA Mobile Games]] }}{{cbignore}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/richard-ridings/48538/richard-ridings-interview-daddy-pig-from-peppa-pig |title=Richard Ridings interview: Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig |last=Connelly |first=Brendon |date=7 April 2017 |website=[[Den of Geek]] }}

'''Specific'''
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0725956|Richard Ridings}}
*{{IMDb name|0725956|Richard Ridings}}

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Richard Ridings
Born
Richard John Ridings

(1958-09-19) 19 September 1958 (age 66)
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Alma materBretton Hall College
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present
Spouse
Catherine Jensen
​
(m. 1983)​
[1]
ChildrenFreya 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.

Career

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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.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Director Notes
1984 Lassiter German Guard #2 Roger Young
1986 Clockwise Policeman at Crash Christopher Morahan
1987 The Fourth Protocol Skinhead John Mackenzie
1987 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Egypt Alan Clarke
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Angelo Robert Zemeckis
1989 Out of Town Labourer Norman Hull Short film
1989 Erik the Viking Thorfinn Skullsplitter Terry Jones
1990 King of the Wind Jailer Peter Duffell
1996 Different for Girls Richard Spence Uncredited
1996 The Wind in the Willows The Guard Terry Jones
1997 Fierce Creatures Hugh Primates Fred Schepisi
Robert Young
1998 Up 'n' Under Frank John Godber
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc La Hire Luc Besson
2002 The Pianist Mr. Lipa Roman Polanski
2002 Puckoon Alex Walker Terence Ryan
2002 The Princess and the Pea King Windham / Button Mark Swan Voice
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Mr. Monza Jan de Bont
2005 Frozen Lorry Driver Juliet McKoen
2005 The Brothers Grimm Bunst Terry Gilliam
2005 Oliver Twist Warder Roman Polanski
2006 Amazing Grace Speaker of the House Michael Apted
2008 Faintheart Collin Vito Rocco
2009 Creation Thatcher Jon Amiel
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Buck Rupert Wyatt
2011 Isle of Spagg Bob / Mel The Brothers McLeod Voice
Short film
2012 The Scapegoat Landlord Charles Sturridge
2012 The Horsemen Gary Samuel Bailey Short film
2013 National Theatre Live: This House Joe Harper Jeremy Herrin
2013 Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart Arthur Stéphane Berla
Mathias Malzieu 		Voice (English version)
2013 The Physician Tough Guy Philipp Stölzl
2015 Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots Daddy Pig (UK) Mark Baker
Neville Astley 		Voice
Short film
2016 The Carer Pub Landlord János Edelényi

TV series

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Year Title Role Notes
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 & 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"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director Performance history
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

References

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General

  • Skalski, Jeff (5 February 2014). "Dungeon Keeper Interview: Richard Ridings". YouTube. EA Mobile Games. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  • Connelly, Brendon (7 April 2017). "Richard Ridings interview: Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig". Den of Geek.

Specific

  1. ^ "I cried for ages after Dunblane; Questions + Answers: RICHARD RIDINGS". The Mirror. 22 January 1997.
  2. ^ McClean, Craig (30 November 2018). "Freya Ridings interview: 'I feel like it was a horse race, and I'm a zebra'". Evening Standard.
  3. ^ "Richard Ridings". IMDb. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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