David Ryall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1935-01-05

Place of Birth

Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
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David Ryall

Biography

David John Ryall (January 5, 1935 – December 25, 2014) was an English stage, film and television character actor. He had leading roles in Lytton's Diary and Goodnight Sweetheart, as well as memorable roles in Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective and Andrew Davies's adaptation of To Play the King. He also portrayed Billy Buzzle in the ITV sitcom Bless Me, Father and Frank in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered.

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Acting History

2014
Mr. Turner as Footman
2014
Automata as Dominic Hawk
2013
The Tractate Middoth as Rant
2013
The Village as Old Bert Middleton
2012
Quartet as Harry
2012
Call the Midwife as Tommy Mills
2011
The Broken Santa as Frank Morrison
2011
Trollied
2011
Hysteria as Judge
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Elphias Doge
2009
The Robbers as Frank Morrison
2008
Crooked House as Mr Paget
2008
City of Ember as Chief Builder
2008
Bonekickers
2007
Outnumbered as Granddad
2007
Clapham Junction as Vicar
2007
The Worst Journey in the World as Curator
2007
Lewis as Mr. Cooper
2006
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup as Meriweather
2006
Le Grand Charles as Winston Churchill
2004
Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Salisbury
2004
New Tricks as Jasper Urquhart
2003
Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003
State of Play as Bob Coutts
2003
Blackball as Giles Wilton
2003
Lucky Jim as Stanley
2003
Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2002
Two Men Went To War as Winston Churchill
2002
Foyle's War as Dr. Henderson
2002
Ultimate Force
2002
Unconditional Love as Funeral Director
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth as Winston Churchill
2002
The Cicerones as Figure in Pulpit
2001
In Deep as Denver
1999
Oliver Twist as Mr. Fang, magistrate
1999
Mad Cows as Man outside Harrods
1998
In the Red as Max Parker
1997
Plotlands as Harry Crowley
1997
Midsomer Murders as Bob Moss
1996
Black Eyes as Grandad
1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1995
Restoration as Lord Bathurst
1995
Jake's Progress as Alex Halliwell
1995
Carrington as Mayor
1995
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Dr Simmonds
1995
Hamish Macbeth as Paul Jeffreys
1994
Milner as Dave Stiles
1994
Fatherland as Administrator Kruger
1994
Giorgino as Professor Beaumont
1994
Black Beauty as Carriagemaker
1994
Pie in the Sky as Jack Bolland
1994
Law and Disorder
1993
The Entertainer as Bill
1993
To Play the King as Sir Bruce Bullerby
1993
Goodnight Sweetheart as Eric Elward
1993
Justice as englischer Minister
1993
Peak Practice as Ben Jones
1993
Shuttlecock as Pound
1992
Witchcraft as Oxford Librarian
1992
A Touch of Frost
1992
The Borrowers as Crampfurl
1992
The Secret Agent as Wurme
1992
Running Late as Wicks
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Frank Rammage
1992
Revolver as Aldo Testi
1992
Heartbeat as Howard Dufton
1991
One Against the Wind as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
1991
Performance as Bill
1991
Truly Madly Deeply as George
1991
Prime Suspect as Oscar Bream
1990
The Russia House as Colonial Type
1990
The Saint: The Software Murders as Teal
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham? as Dr. Frank Skuse
1990
Perfect Scoundrels as Vicar
1990
The Chief as Charlie Summers
1989
The Woman in Black as Sweetman
1989
About Face
1989
The Paradise Club as Bishop Sykes
1989
Nineteen96 as Sir Cyril Llewellyn
1989
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection as Teal
1989
A Beginners Guide to Freud as Charcot
1989
Wilt as Rev. Froude
1988
South Of The Border as Trevor Mitchell
1988
The River as Colonel Danvers
1988
Jack the Ripper as Bowyer
1988
The Return of Shelley
1988
Starlings as Mr James
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Pastor Kroll
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Bill
1987
Inspector Morse as Derek Whittaker
1986
The Singing Detective as Mr Hall
1986
Casualty as Eddie Gash
1986
Casualty as Tom Harley
1986
Casualty as Dr. James Baker
1986
Lovejoy as Sam Cavendish
1984
The Bill
1983
Spyship
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies as Glass
1983
Number 10 as Charles Fox
1983
Fords on Water as Mister Jack
1982
Walter as Mr. Richards
1980
Drake's Venture as Sir Francis Wisingham
1980
The Elephant Man as Man With Whores
1980
'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Richardetto
1980
Dying Day as Lane
1980
Dreams of Leaving as Drunk Journalist
1979
Minder as Ashley Brown
1979
The Knowledge as Titanic Walters
1978
Bless Me Father as Billy Buzzle
1978
Enemy at the Door as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
1978
Enemy at the Door as Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
1978
Blake's 7 as Selman
1977
Black Joy as Butcher
1975
The Legend of Robin Hood as Abbot of Grantham
1972
Crown Court
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Rant
1969
The Dance of Death as Sentry
1967
Much Ado About Nothing as The Sexton
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dumont