
David Ryall
Acting • Born 1935-01-05 – Died 2014-12-25
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.
Filmography
125 credits
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Lord Salisbury

The Dance of Death
Movie • 1969
Sentry

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie • 2010
Elphias Doge

City of Ember
Movie • 2008
Chief Builder

Fords on Water
Movie • 1983
Mister Jack

The Woman in Black
Movie • 1989
Sweetman

One Against the Wind
Movie • 1991
Dumont, Mary's Lawyer

Running Late
Movie • 1992
Wicks

Starlings
Movie • 1988
Mr James

Two Men Went To War
Movie • 2002
Winston Churchill

Walter
Movie • 1982
Mr. Richards

Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Movie • 2006
Meriweather

The Tractate Middoth
Movie • 2013
Dr Thomas Rant

Justice
Movie • 1993
englischer Minister

Automata
Movie • 2014
Dominic Hawk

Clapham Junction
Movie • 2007
Vicar

The Knowledge
Movie • 1979
Titanic Walters

Fatherland
Movie • 1994
Administrator Kruger

Who Bombed Birmingham?
Movie • 1990
Dr. Frank Skuse

The Russia House
Movie • 1990
Colonial Type

The Elephant Man
Movie • 1980
Man With Whores

Black Eyes
Movie • 1996
Grandad

Truly Madly Deeply
Movie • 1991
George

Byron
Movie • 2003
Sir Ralph Milbanke

The Cicerones
Movie • 2002
Figure in Pulpit

Lucky Jim
Movie • 2003
Stanley

Bertie and Elizabeth
Movie • 2002
Winston Churchill

Carrington
Movie • 1995
Mayor

Wilt
Movie • 1989
Rev. Froude

The Worst Journey in the World
Movie • 2007
Curator

Mr. Turner
Movie • 2014
Footman

Quartet
Movie • 2012
Harry

Milner
Movie • 1994
Dave Stiles

Drake's Venture
Movie • 1980
Sir Francis Wisingham

Dreams of Leaving
Movie • 1980
Drunk Journalist

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Movie • 1995
Dr Simmonds

'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Movie • 1980
Richardetto

Black Beauty
Movie • 1994
Carriagemaker

Restoration
Movie • 1995
Lord Bathurst

Hysteria
Movie • 2011
Judge

Blackball
Movie • 2003
Giles Wilton

Mad Cows
Movie • 1999
Man outside Harrods

Black Joy
Movie • 1977
Butcher

The Entertainer
Movie • 1993
Bill

Unconditional Love
Movie • 2002
Funeral Director

The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
Movie • 1989
Teal

The Saint: The Software Murders
Movie • 1990
Teal

Revolver
Movie • 1992
Aldo Testi

Shuttlecock
Movie • 1993
Pound

Nineteen96
Movie • 1989
Sir Cyril Llewellyn

The Secret Agent
Movie • 1992
Wurme

Giorgino
Movie • 1994
Professor Beaumont

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 1967
The Sexton

The Robbers
Movie • 2009
Frank Morrison

The Broken Santa
Movie • 2011
Frank Morrison

A Beginners Guide to Freud
Movie • 1989
Charcot

Dying Day
Movie • 1980
Lane

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Movie • 2005
Tom Tit

Blake's 7: The Beginning
Movie • 1985
Selman

Ultimate Force
TV • 2002

The Bill
TV • 1984

Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Selman

Lewis
TV • 2007
Mr. Cooper

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992

Prime Suspect
TV • 1991
Oscar Bream

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Howard Dufton

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Derek Whittaker

State of Play
TV • 2003
Bob Coutts

Crown Court
TV • 1972

Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Dr. Henderson

Goodnight Sweetheart
TV • 1993
Eric Elward

Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Sam Cavendish

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Dumont

Bonekickers
TV • 2008

Outnumbered
TV • 2007
Granddad

The River
TV • 1988
Colonel Danvers

Plotlands
TV • 1997
Harry Crowley

The Return of Shelley
TV • 1988

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
TV • 1996

The Paradise Club
TV • 1989
Bishop Sykes

The Borrowers
TV • 1992
Crampfurl

Perfect Scoundrels
TV • 1990
Vicar

New Tricks
TV • 2004
Jasper Urquhart

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Bill

In the Red
TV • 1998
Max Parker

Jack the Ripper
TV • 1988
Bowyer

In Deep
TV • 2001
Denver

Trollied
TV • 2011

Number 10
TV • 1983
Charles Fox

The Singing Detective
TV • 1986
Mr Hall

Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Ben Jones

About Face
TV • 1989

Minder
TV • 1979
Ashley Brown

Casualty
TV • 1986
Eddie Gash

Casualty
TV • 1986
Tom Harley

Law and Disorder
TV • 1994

South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Trevor Mitchell

Casualty
TV • 1986
Dr. James Baker

Oliver Twist
TV • 1999
Mr. Fang, magistrate

Spyship
TV • 1983

Byron
TV • 2003
Sir Ralph Milbanke

Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Jack Bolland

Jake's Progress
TV • 1995
Alex Halliwell

To Play the King
TV • 1993
Sir Bruce Bullerby

Witchcraft
TV • 1992
Oxford Librarian

Bless Me Father
TV • 1978
Billy Buzzle

Call the Midwife
TV • 2012
Tommy Mills

Le Grand Charles
TV • 2006
Winston Churchill

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Bob Moss

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Pastor Kroll

Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Glass

Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe

Hamish Macbeth
TV • 1995
Paul Jeffreys

Enemy at the Door
TV • 1978
Captain Tom Foster-Smythe

Performance
TV • 1991
Bill

The Legend of Robin Hood
TV • 1975
Abbot of Grantham

The Chief
TV • 1990
Charlie Summers

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV • 1992
Frank Rammage

Crooked House
TV • 2008
Mr Paget

A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV • 1971
Rant

The Village
TV • 2013
Old Bert Middleton

The Pallisers
TV • 1974
Sextus Parker

The Aweful Mr Goodall
TV • 1974
Dolman

Lytton's Diary
TV • 1985
Norman

For the Greater Good
TV • 1991
Jack Brooke