David Ryall
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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.
Appearances
5.9
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Salisbury
6.7
The Dance of Death
Sentry
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Elphias Doge
6.3
City of Ember
Chief Builder
9.0
Fords on Water
Mister Jack
6.9
The Woman in Black
Sweetman
7.1
One Against the Wind
Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
9.0
Running Late
Wicks
Starlings
7.0
Starlings
Mr James
6.7
Two Men Went To War
Winston Churchill
5.9
Walter
Mr. Richards
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Meriweather
7.1
The Tractate Middoth
Dr Thomas Rant
5.6
Justice
englischer Minister
5.9
Automata
Dominic Hawk
6.5
Clapham Junction
Vicar
6.5
The Knowledge
Titanic Walters
6.2
Fatherland
Administrator Kruger
8.5
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Dr. Frank Skuse
6.1
The Russia House
Colonial Type
8.0
The Elephant Man
Man With Whores
Black Eyes
9.0
Black Eyes
Grandad
6.9
Truly Madly Deeply
George
4.8
Byron
Sir Ralph Milbanke
5.8
The Cicerones
Figure in Pulpit
7.0
Lucky Jim
Stanley
6.4
Bertie and Elizabeth
Winston Churchill
6.2
Carrington
Mayor
6.2
Wilt
Rev. Froude
6.5
The Worst Journey in the World
Curator
6.5
Mr. Turner
Footman
6.5
Quartet
Harry
8.0
Milner
Dave Stiles
5.8
Drake's Venture
Sir Francis Wisingham
7.0
Dreams of Leaving
Drunk Journalist
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Dr Simmonds
6.0
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Richardetto
6.7
Black Beauty
Carriagemaker
6.1
Restoration
Lord Bathurst
6.7
Hysteria
Judge
5.2
Blackball
Giles Wilton
4.4
Mad Cows
Man outside Harrods
6.8
Black Joy
Butcher
7.0
The Entertainer
Bill
6.0
Unconditional Love
Funeral Director
9.0
The Saint: The Software Murders
Teal
7.5
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
Teal
10.0
Revolver
Aldo Testi
3.5
Shuttlecock
Pound
Nineteen96
Sir Cyril Llewellyn
8.5
The Secret Agent
Wurme
6.4
Giorgino
Professor Beaumont
6.3
Much Ado About Nothing
The Sexton
The Robbers
Frank Morrison
The Broken Santa
Frank Morrison
A Beginners Guide to Freud
A Beginners Guide to Freud
Charcot
Dying Day
8.0
Dying Day
Lane
6.2
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Tom Tit
9.0
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Selman
6.5
Ultimate Force
6.8
The Bill
7.3
Blake's 7
Selman
7.6
Lewis
Mr. Cooper
7.5
A Touch of Frost
Edward Cull
7.8
Prime Suspect
Oscar Bream
7.2
Heartbeat
Howard Dufton
7.9
Inspector Morse
Derek Whittaker
7.4
State of Play
Bob Coutts
5.7
Crown Court
7.8
Foyle's War
Dr. Henderson
7.2
Goodnight Sweetheart
Eric Elward
7.4
Lovejoy
Sam Cavendish
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dumont
5.6
Bonekickers
7.8
Outnumbered
Granddad
5.7
The River
Colonel Danvers
9.0
Plotlands
Harry Crowley
The Return of Shelley
8.0
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
6.2
The Paradise Club
Bishop Sykes
6.7
The Borrowers
Crampfurl
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
Vicar
7.4
New Tricks
Jasper Urquhart
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Bill
8.0
In Deep
Denver
6.1
In the Red
Max Parker
7.0
Jack the Ripper
Bowyer
6.5
Trollied
7.0
Number 10
Charles Fox
7.5
The Singing Detective
Mr Hall
6.5
Peak Practice
Ben Jones
About Face
7.0
About Face
7.1
Minder
Ashley Brown
6.2
Casualty
Eddie Gash
6.2
Casualty
Tom Harley
7.3
Law and Disorder
10.0
South of the Border
Trevor Mitchell
6.2
Casualty
Dr. James Baker
6.3
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fang, magistrate
7.5
Spyship
5.0
Byron
Sir Ralph Milbanke
8.4
Pie in the Sky
Jack Bolland
4.5
Jake's Progress
Alex Halliwell
7.8
To Play the King
Sir Bruce Bullerby
3.7
Witchcraft
Oxford Librarian
6.3
Bless Me Father
Billy Buzzle
7.5
Call the Midwife
Tommy Mills
10.0
Le Grand Charles
Winston Churchill
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Bob Moss
8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Pastor Kroll
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Glass
8.2
Enemy at the Door
Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
7.7
Hamish Macbeth
Paul Jeffreys
8.2
Enemy at the Door
Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
6.3
Performance
Bill
7.4
The Legend of Robin Hood
Abbot of Grantham
7.0
The Chief
Charlie Summers
5.0
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Frank Rammage
6.8
Crooked House
Mr Paget
7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Rant
7.2
The Village
Old Bert Middleton
6.4
The Pallisers
Sextus Parker
The Aweful Mr Goodall
The Aweful Mr Goodall
Dolman
7.5
Lytton's Diary
Norman
9.0
For the Greater Good
Jack Brooke
7.0
One Pair of Eyes
5.7
Crown Court
Magnus Benjamin
7.6
The Final Cut
Sir Bruce Bullerby
8.0
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Welton Ormsby