David Ryall
Born: 1935-01-05 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2014-12-25
Known For: Acting
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
2014
- Automata as Dominic Hawk
- Mr. Turner as Footman
2013
- The Village as Old Bert Middleton
- The Tractate Middoth as Dr Thomas Rant
2012
- Call the Midwife as Tommy Mills
- Quartet as Harry
2011
- Trollied
- Hysteria as Judge
- The Broken Santa as Frank Morrison
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Elphias Doge
2009
- The Robbers as Frank Morrison
2008
- City of Ember as Chief Builder
- Bonekickers
- Crooked House as Mr Paget
2007
- Lewis as Mr. Cooper
- Outnumbered as Granddad
- Clapham Junction as Vicar
- The Worst Journey in the World as Curator
2006
- Le Grand Charles as Winston Churchill
- Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup as Meriweather
2005
- The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Tom Tit
2004
- New Tricks as Jasper Urquhart
- Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Salisbury
2003
- State of Play as Bob Coutts
- Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke
- Blackball as Giles Wilton
- Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke
- Lucky Jim as Stanley
2002
- Foyle's War as Dr. Henderson
- Ultimate Force
- Unconditional Love as Funeral Director
- Two Men Went To War as Winston Churchill
- Bertie and Elizabeth as Winston Churchill
- The Cicerones as Figure in Pulpit
2001
- In Deep as Denver
1999
- Oliver Twist as Mr. Fang, magistrate
- Mad Cows as Man outside Harrods
1998
- In the Red as Max Parker
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Bob Moss
- Plotlands as Harry Crowley
1996
- The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
- Black Eyes as Grandad
1995
- Hamish Macbeth as Paul Jeffreys
- The Final Cut as Sir Bruce Bullerby
- Restoration as Lord Bathurst
- Carrington as Mayor
- Jake's Progress as Alex Halliwell
- Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Dr Simmonds
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Jack Bolland
- Black Beauty as Carriagemaker
- Fatherland as Administrator Kruger
- Milner as Dave Stiles
- Law and Disorder
- Giorgino as Professor Beaumont
1993
- Peak Practice as Ben Jones
- Goodnight Sweetheart as Eric Elward
- To Play the King as Sir Bruce Bullerby
- Justice as englischer Minister
- Shuttlecock as Pound
- The Entertainer as Bill
1992
- Heartbeat as Howard Dufton
- A Touch of Frost as Edward Cull
- The Borrowers as Crampfurl
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Frank Rammage
- Witchcraft as Oxford Librarian
- The Secret Agent as Wurme
- Revolver as Aldo Testi
- Running Late as Wicks
1991
- Prime Suspect as Oscar Bream
- Performance as Bill
- For the Greater Good as Jack Brooke
- Truly Madly Deeply as George
- One Against the Wind as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
1990
- The Chief as Charlie Summers
- Perfect Scoundrels as Vicar
- The Russia House as Colonial Type
- Who Bombed Birmingham? as Dr. Frank Skuse
- The Saint: The Software Murders as Teal
1989
- The Paradise Club as Bishop Sykes
- About Face
- Wilt as Rev. Froude
- The Woman in Black as Sweetman
- Nineteen96 as Sir Cyril Llewellyn
- The Saint: The Brazilian Connection as Teal
- A Beginners Guide to Freud as Charcot
1988
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Pastor Kroll
- Jack the Ripper as Bowyer
- South of the Border as Trevor Mitchell
- The River as Colonel Danvers
- The Return of Shelley
- Starlings as Mr James
1987
- Inspector Morse as Derek Whittaker
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Bill
1986
- Casualty as Eddie Gash
- Lovejoy as Sam Cavendish
- The Singing Detective as Mr Hall
1985
- Lytton's Diary as Norman
- Blake's 7: The Beginning as Selman
1984
1983
- Reilly: Ace of Spies as Glass
- Number 10 as Charles Fox
- Spyship
- Fords on Water as Mister Jack
1982
- Walter as Mr. Richards
1980
- The Elephant Man as Man With Whores
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Richardetto
- Dying Day as Lane
- Dreams of Leaving as Drunk Journalist
- Drake's Venture as Sir Francis Wisingham
1979
- Minder as Ashley Brown
- The Knowledge as Titanic Walters
1978
- Blake's 7 as Selman
- Enemy at the Door as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
- Bless Me Father as Billy Buzzle
1977
- Black Joy as Butcher
1976
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as Welton Ormsby
1975
- The Legend of Robin Hood as Abbot of Grantham
1974
- The Pallisers as Sextus Parker
- The Aweful Mr Goodall as Dolman
1972
1971
- A Ghost Story for Christmas as Rant
1969
- The Dance of Death as Sentry
1967
- One Pair of Eyes
- Much Ado About Nothing as The Sexton
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dumont