Acting

David Ryall

Born 1935-01-05 · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

Died 2014-12-25

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.

Credits

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Mr. Turner
as Footman
2014
Automata
as Dominic Hawk
2014
The Tractate Middoth
as Dr Thomas Rant
2013
The Village
as Old Bert Middleton
2013
Quartet
as Harry
2012
Call the Midwife
as Tommy Mills
2012
The Broken Santa
as Frank Morrison
2011
Trollied
2011
Hysteria
as Judge
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Elphias Doge
2010
The Robbers
as Frank Morrison
2009
Crooked House
as Mr Paget
2008
City of Ember
as Chief Builder
2008
Bonekickers
2008
Outnumbered
as Granddad
2007
Clapham Junction
as Vicar
2007
The Worst Journey in the World
as Curator
2007
Lewis
as Mr. Cooper
2007
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
as Meriweather
2006
Le Grand Charles
as Winston Churchill
2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Tom Tit
2005
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Salisbury
2004
New Tricks
as Jasper Urquhart
2004
Looking for Victoria
as Henry James
2003
Byron
as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003
Blackball
as Giles Wilton
2003
State of Play
as Bob Coutts
2003
Lucky Jim
as Stanley
2003
Byron
as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003
Two Men Went To War
as Winston Churchill
2002
Foyle's War
as Dr. Henderson
2002
Ultimate Force
2002
Unconditional Love
as Funeral Director
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
as Winston Churchill
2002
The Cicerones
as Figure in Pulpit
2002
In Deep
as Denver
2001
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Fang, magistrate
1999
Mad Cows
as Man outside Harrods
1999
In the Red
as Max Parker
1998
Plotlands
as Harry Crowley
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Bob Moss
1997
Black Eyes
as Grandad
1996
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
as Welton Ormsby
1996
Restoration
as Lord Bathurst
1995
The Final Cut
as Sir Bruce Bullerby
1995
Jake's Progress
as Alex Halliwell
1995
Carrington
as Mayor
1995
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
as Dr Simmonds
1995
Hamish Macbeth
as Paul Jeffreys
1995
Milner
as Dave Stiles
1994
Fatherland
as Administrator Kruger
1994
Giorgino
as Professor Beaumont
1994
Black Beauty
as Carriagemaker
1994
Pie in the Sky
as Jack Bolland
1994
Law and Disorder
1994
The Entertainer
as Brother Bill
1993
To Play the King
as Sir Bruce Bullerby
1993
Goodnight Sweetheart
as Eric Elward
1993
Justice
as englischer Minister
1993
Peak Practice
as Ben Jones
1993
Shuttlecock
as Pound
1993
Witchcraft
as Oxford Librarian
1992
A Touch of Frost
as Edward Cull
1992
The Borrowers
as Crampfurl
1992
The Secret Agent
as Wurme
1992
Running Late
as Wicks
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Frank Rammage
1992
Revolver
as Aldo Testi
1992
Heartbeat
as Howard Dufton
1992
One Against the Wind
as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
1991
Performance
as Bill
1991
The Men's Room
as Alan Pascoe
1991
Truly Madly Deeply
as George
1991
Prime Suspect
as Oscar Bream
1991
For the Greater Good
as Jack Brooke
1991
The Russia House
as Colonial Type
1990
The Saint: The Software Murders
as Teal
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Dr. Frank Skuse
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
as Vicar
1990
The Chief
as Charlie Summers
1990