Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-01-05

Deathday

2014-12-25 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

Also Known As

David John Ryall

David Ryall

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.

Known For

7.7%

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Nov 17, 2010

8.0%

The Elephant Man

Oct 9, 1980

5.9%

Around the World in 80 Days

Jun 16, 2004

6.3%

City of Ember

Oct 7, 2008

5.9%

Automata

Oct 9, 2014

6.7%

Hysteria

Jun 6, 2011

6.5%

Mr. Turner

Oct 31, 2014

6.5%

Quartet

Dec 26, 2012

6.7%

Black Beauty

Jul 29, 1994

7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

6.1%

The Russia House

Dec 21, 1990

7.5%

Call the Midwife

Jan 15, 2012

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Acting

2014		Mr. Turner as Footman
2014		Automata as Dominic Hawk

2013		The Tractate Middoth as Rant
2013		The Village as Old Bert Middleton

2012		Quartet as Harry
2012		Call the Midwife as Tommy Mills

2011		Trollied
2011		Hysteria as Judge

2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Elphias Doge

2008		Crooked House
2008		City of Ember as Chief Builder
2008		Bonekickers

2007		Outnumbered as Granddad
2007		Clapham Junction as Vicar
2007		The Worst Journey in the World as Curator
2007		Lewis as Mr. Cooper

2006		Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup as Meriweather
2006		Le Grand Charles as Winston Churchill

2004		Around the World in 80 Days as Lord Salisbury
2004		New Tricks as Jasper Urquhart

2003		Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003		State of Play
2003		Blackball as Giles Wilton
2003		Lucky Jim as Stanley
2003		Byron as Sir Ralph Milbanke

2002		Two Men Went To War as Winston Churchill
2002		Foyle's War
2002		Ultimate Force
2002		Unconditional Love as Funeral Director
2002		Bertie and Elizabeth as Winston Churchill
2002		The Cicerones as Figure in Pulpit

2001

In Deep as Denver

1999		Oliver Twist as Mr. Fang, magistrate
1999		Mad Cows as Man outside Harrods

1998

In the Red as Max Parker

1997		Plotlands as Harry Crowley
1997		Midsomer Murders as Bob Moss

1996		Black Eyes as Grandad
1996		The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

1995		Restoration as Lord Bathurst
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

1994		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

1993		The Entertainer as 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

1992		Witchcraft as Oxford Librarian
1992		A Touch of Frost
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

1991		One Against the Wind as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
1991		Truly Madly Deeply as George
1991		Prime Suspect as Oscar Bream

1990		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

1989		The Woman in Black as Sweetman
1989		About Face
1989		The Paradise Club as Bishop Sykes
1989		Nineteen96 as Sir Cyril Llewellyn
1989		The Saint: The Brazilian Connection as Teal
1989		Wilt as Rev. Froude

1988		South Of The Border as Trevor Mitchell
1988		The River as Colonel Danvers
1988		Jack the Ripper as Bowyer
1988		The Return of Shelley
1988		Starlings as Mr James
1988		The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Pastor Kroll

1987		The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Bill
1987		Inspector Morse as Derek Whittaker

1986		The Singing Detective as Mr. Hall
1986		Casualty as Eddie Gash
1986		Casualty as Tom Harley
1986		Casualty as Dr. James Baker
1986		Lovejoy as Sam Cavendish

1984

The Bill

1983		Spyship
1983		Reilly: Ace of Spies as Glass
1983		Number 10
1983		Fords on Water as Mister Jack

1982

Walter as Mr. Richards

1980		Drake's Venture as Sir Francis Wisingham
1980		The Elephant Man as Man With Whores
1980		'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Richardetto
1980		Dreams of Leaving as Drunk Journalist

1979		Minder as Ashley Brown
1979		The Knowledge as Titanic Walters

1978		Bless Me Father as Billy Buzzle
1978		Enemy at the Door as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
1978		Enemy at the Door as Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
1978		Blake's 7 as Selman

1977

Black Joy as Butcher

1975

The Legend of Robin Hood

1972

Crown Court

1969

The Dance of Death as Sentry

1967

Much Ado About Nothing as The Sexton

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dumont