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