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David Ryall
David Ryall

David Ryall

ActingBorn January 5, 1935Died December 25, 2014 (age 79)Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

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
Mr. Turner

as Footman

Movie
2014
Automata

as Dominic Hawk

Movie
2013
The Tractate Middoth

as Dr Thomas Rant

Movie
2013
The Village

as Old Bert Middleton

TV
2012
Quartet

as Harry

Movie
2012
Call the Midwife

as Tommy Mills

TV
2011
The Broken Santa

as Frank Morrison

Movie
2011TV
2011
Hysteria

as Judge

Movie
2009
The Robbers

as Frank Morrison

Movie
2008
Crooked House

as Mr Paget

TV
2008
City of Ember

as Chief Builder

Movie
2007
Outnumbered

as Granddad

TV
2007Movie
2007
Lewis

as Mr. Cooper

TV
2006
Le Grand Charles

as Winston Churchill

TV
2004Movie
2004
New Tricks

as Jasper Urquhart

TV
2003
Looking for Victoria

as Henry James

TV
2003
Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

Movie
2003
Blackball

as Giles Wilton

Movie
2003
State of Play

as Bob Coutts

TV
2003
Lucky Jim

as Stanley

Movie
2003
Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

TV
2002
Two Men Went To War

as Winston Churchill

Movie
2002
Foyle's War

as Dr. Henderson

TV
2002
Unconditional Love

as Funeral Director

Movie
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth

as Winston Churchill

Movie
2002
The Cicerones

as Figure in Pulpit

Movie
2001
In Deep

as Denver

TV
1999
Oliver Twist

as Mr. Fang, magistrate

TV
1999
Mad Cows

as Man outside Harrods

Movie
1998
In the Red

as Max Parker

TV
1997
Plotlands

as Harry Crowley

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Bob Moss

TV
1996
Black Eyes

as Grandad

Movie
1995
Restoration

as Lord Bathurst

Movie
1995
The Final Cut

as Sir Bruce Bullerby

TV
1995
Jake's Progress

as Alex Halliwell

TV
1995
Carrington

as Mayor

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Hamish Macbeth

as Paul Jeffreys

TV
1994
Milner

as Dave Stiles

Movie
1994
Fatherland

as Administrator Kruger

Movie
1994
Giorgino

as Professor Beaumont

Movie
1994
Black Beauty

as Carriagemaker

Movie
1994
Pie in the Sky

as Jack Bolland

TV
1993Movie
1993
To Play the King

as Sir Bruce Bullerby

TV
1993
Goodnight Sweetheart

as Eric Elward

TV
1993
Justice

as englischer Minister

Movie
1993
Peak Practice

as Ben Jones

TV
1993
Shuttlecock

as Pound

Movie
1992
Witchcraft

as Oxford Librarian

TV
1992
A Touch of Frost

as Edward Cull

TV
1992
The Borrowers

as Crampfurl

TV
1992Movie
1992
Running Late

as Wicks

Movie
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Frank Rammage

TV
1992
Revolver

as Aldo Testi

Movie
1992
Heartbeat

as Howard Dufton

TV
1991
One Against the Wind

as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer

Movie
1991TV
1991Movie
1991
Prime Suspect

as Oscar Bream

TV
1991
For the Greater Good

as Jack Brooke

TV
1990
The Russia House

as Colonial Type

Movie
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Dr. Frank Skuse

Movie
1990TV
1990
The Chief

as Charlie Summers

TV
1989Movie
1989
The Paradise Club

as Bishop Sykes

TV
1989
Nineteen96

as Sir Cyril Llewellyn

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Wilt

as Rev. Froude

Movie
1988
South of the Border

as Trevor Mitchell

TV
1988
The River

as Colonel Danvers

TV
1988TV
1988
Starlings

as Mr James

Movie
1987
Inspector Morse

as Derek Whittaker

TV
1986TV
1986
Casualty

as Eddie Gash

TV
1986
Casualty

as Tom Harley

TV
1986
Casualty

as Dr. James Baker

TV
1986
Lovejoy

as Sam Cavendish

TV
1985Movie
1985TV
1984TV
1983TV
1983TV
1983
Number 10

as Charles Fox

TV
1983
Fords on Water

as Mister Jack

Movie
1982
Walter

as Mr. Richards

Movie
1980
Drake's Venture

as Sir Francis Wisingham

Movie
1980
The Elephant Man

as Man With Whores

Movie
1980Movie
1980
Dying Day

as Lane

Movie
1980
Dreams of Leaving

as Drunk Journalist

Movie
1979
Minder

as Ashley Brown

TV
1979
The Knowledge

as Titanic Walters

Movie
1978
Bless Me Father

as Billy Buzzle

TV
1978
Enemy at the Door

as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe

TV
1978
Enemy at the Door

as Captain Tom Foster-Smythe

TV
1978
Blake's 7

as Selman

TV
1977
Black Joy

as Butcher

Movie
1975
The Legend of Robin Hood

as Abbot of Grantham

TV
1974TV
1974
The Pallisers

as Sextus Parker

TV
1972
Crown Court

as Magnus Benjamin

TV
1969Movie
1967Movie
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 5, 1935
Day of DeathDecember 25, 2014
Place of BirthShoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
Popularity0.8
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