David Ryall

Acting

Born January 5, 1935, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

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

• 2014Automata — Dominic Hawk
• 2014Mr. Turner — Footman
• 2013The Tractate Middoth — Dr Thomas Rant
• The Village — Old Bert Middleton
• Call the Midwife — Tommy Mills
• 2012Quartet — Harry
• 2011Hysteria — Judge
• 2011The Broken Santa — Frank Morrison
• Trollied
• 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Elphias Doge
• 2009The Robbers — Frank Morrison
• Bonekickers
• 2008City of Ember — Chief Builder
• Crooked House — Mr Paget
• 2007Clapham Junction — Vicar
• Lewis — Mr. Cooper
• Outnumbered — Granddad
• 2007The Worst Journey in the World — Curator
• Le Grand Charles — Winston Churchill
• 2006Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup — Meriweather
• 2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse — Tom Tit
• 2004Around the World in 80 Days — Lord Salisbury
• New Tricks — Jasper Urquhart
• 2003Blackball — Giles Wilton
• 2003Byron — Sir Ralph Milbanke
• Byron — Sir Ralph Milbanke
• Looking for Victoria — Henry James
• 2003Lucky Jim — Stanley
• State of Play — Bob Coutts
• 2002Bertie and Elizabeth — Winston Churchill
• Foyle's War — Dr. Henderson
• 2002The Cicerones — Figure in Pulpit
• 2002Two Men Went To War — Winston Churchill
• Ultimate Force
• 2002Unconditional Love — Funeral Director
• In Deep — Denver
• 1999Mad Cows — Man outside Harrods
• Oliver Twist — Mr. Fang, magistrate
• In the Red — Max Parker
• Midsomer Murders — Bob Moss
• Plotlands — Harry Crowley
• 1996Black Eyes — Grandad
• The Legacy of Reginald Perrin — Welton Ormsby
• 1995Carrington — Mayor
• Hamish Macbeth — Paul Jeffreys
• Jake's Progress — Alex Halliwell
• 1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre — Dr Simmonds
• 1995Restoration — Lord Bathurst
• The Final Cut — Sir Bruce Bullerby
• 1994Black Beauty — Carriagemaker
• 1994Fatherland — Administrator Kruger
• 1994Giorgino — Professor Beaumont
• Law and Disorder
• 1994Milner — Dave Stiles
• Pie in the Sky — Jack Bolland
• Goodnight Sweetheart — Eric Elward
• 1993Justice — englischer Minister
• Peak Practice — Ben Jones
• 1993Shuttlecock — Pound
• 1993The Entertainer — Brother Bill
• To Play the King — Sir Bruce Bullerby
• A Touch of Frost — Edward Cull
• Anglo Saxon Attitudes — Frank Rammage
• Heartbeat — Howard Dufton
• 1992Revolver — Aldo Testi
• 1992Running Late — Wicks
• The Borrowers — Crampfurl
• 1992The Secret Agent — Wurme
• Witchcraft — Oxford Librarian
• For the Greater Good — Jack Brooke
• 1991One Against the Wind — Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
• Performance — Bill
• Prime Suspect — Oscar Bream
• The Men's Room — Alan Pascoe
• 1991Truly Madly Deeply — George
• Perfect Scoundrels — Vicar
• The Chief — Charlie Summers
• 1990The Russia House — Colonial Type
• 1990The Saint: The Software Murders — Teal
• 1990Who Bombed Birmingham? — Dr. Frank Skuse
• 1989A Beginners Guide to Freud — Charcot
• About Face
• 1989Nineteen96 — Sir Cyril Llewellyn
• The Paradise Club — Bishop Sykes
• 1989The Saint: The Brazilian Connection — Teal
• 1989The Woman in Black — Sweetman
• 1989Wilt — Rev. Froude
• Jack the Ripper — Bowyer
• South of the Border — Trevor Mitchell
• 1988Starlings — Mr James
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Pastor Kroll
• The Return of Shelley
• The River — Colonel Danvers
• Inspector Morse — Derek Whittaker
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Bill
• Casualty — Eddie Gash, Tom Harley, Dr. James Baker
• Lovejoy — Sam Cavendish
• The Singing Detective — Mr Hall
• 1985Blake's 7: The Beginning — Selman
• Lytton's Diary — Norman
• The Bill
• 1983Fords on Water — Mister Jack
• Number 10 — Charles Fox
• Reilly: Ace of Spies — Glass
• Spyship
• On the Line — Charles Blanchard
• 1982Walter — Mr. Richards
• 1980'Tis Pity She's a Whore — Richardetto
• 1980Drake's Venture — Sir Francis Wisingham
• 1980Dreams of Leaving — Drunk Journalist
• 1980Dying Day — Lane
• 1980The Elephant Man — Man With Whores
• Minder — Ashley Brown
• 1979The Knowledge — Titanic Walters
• Blake's 7 — Selman
• Bless Me Father — Billy Buzzle
• Enemy at the Door — Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe, Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
• 1977Black Joy — Butcher
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — Welton Ormsby
• The Legend of Robin Hood — Abbot of Grantham
• The Aweful Mr Goodall — Dolman
• The Fortunes of Nigel — Chevalier de Beaujeu
• The Pallisers — Sextus Parker
• Crown Court — Magnus Benjamin
• A Ghost Story for Christmas — Rant
• 1969The Dance of Death — Sentry
• 1967Much Ado About Nothing — The Sexton
• One Pair of Eyes
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dumont