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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 5, 1935
Died
December 25, 2014
Place of Birth
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As
- David John Ryall
David Ryall
0.6 Popularity
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
6.5
Footman
Mr. Turner
2014
5.9
Dominic Hawk
Automata
2014
7.1
Dr Thomas Rant
The Tractate Middoth
2013
7.2
Old Bert Middleton
The Village
2013
6.5
Harry
Quartet
2012
7.5
Tommy Mills
Call the Midwife
2012
0.0
Frank Morrison
The Broken Santa
2011
6.3
Trollied
2011
6.7
Judge
Hysteria
2011
7.7
Elphias Doge
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Credits
Mr. Turner
as Footman
2014
6.5
Automata
as Dominic Hawk
2014
5.9
The Tractate Middoth
as Dr Thomas Rant
2013
7.1
The Village
as Old Bert Middleton
2013
7.2
Quartet
as Harry
2012
6.5
Call the Midwife
as Tommy Mills
2012
7.5
The Broken Santa
as Frank Morrison
2011
0.0
Trollied
2011
6.3
Hysteria
as Judge
2011
6.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Elphias Doge
2010
7.7
The Robbers
as Frank Morrison
2009
0.0
Crooked House
as Mr Paget
2008
6.8
City of Ember
as Chief Builder
2008
6.3
Bonekickers
2008
5.6
Outnumbered
as Granddad
2007
7.8
Clapham Junction
as Vicar
2007
6.5
The Worst Journey in the World
as Curator
2007
6.5
Lewis
as Mr. Cooper
2007
7.6
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
as Meriweather
2006
0.0
Le Grand Charles
as Winston Churchill
2006
10.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Lord Salisbury
2004
5.9
New Tricks
as Jasper Urquhart
2004
7.4
Byron
as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003
4.3
Blackball
as Giles Wilton
2003
5.2
State of Play
as Bob Coutts
2003
7.4
Lucky Jim
as Stanley
2003
0.0
Byron
as Sir Ralph Milbanke
2003
5.0
Two Men Went To War
as Winston Churchill
2002
6.5
Foyle's War
as Dr. Henderson
2002
7.9
Ultimate Force
2002
6.6
Unconditional Love
as Funeral Director
2002
5.9
Bertie and Elizabeth
as Winston Churchill
2002
5.9
The Cicerones
as Figure in Pulpit
2002
5.2
In Deep
as Denver
2001
10.0
Oliver Twist
as Mr. Fang, magistrate
1999
6.3
Mad Cows
as Man outside Harrods
1999
3.4
In the Red
as Max Parker
1998
5.5
Plotlands
as Harry Crowley
1997
0.0
Midsomer Murders
as Bob Moss
1997
7.5
🎬
Black Eyes
as Grandad
1996
0.0
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
7.3
Restoration
as Lord Bathurst
1995
6.0
Jake's Progress
as Alex Halliwell
1995
2.7
Carrington
as Mayor
1995
6.1
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
as Dr Simmonds
1995
0.0
Hamish Macbeth
as Paul Jeffreys
1995
7.5
Milner
as Dave Stiles
1994
6.0
Fatherland
as Administrator Kruger
1994
6.2
Giorgino
as Professor Beaumont
1994
6.4
Black Beauty
as Carriagemaker
1994
6.7
Pie in the Sky
as Jack Bolland
1994
8.3
Law and Disorder
1994
6.0
The Entertainer
as Bill
1993
7.0
To Play the King
as Sir Bruce Bullerby
1993
7.8
Goodnight Sweetheart
as Eric Elward
1993
7.2
Justice
as englischer Minister
1993
4.8
Peak Practice
as Ben Jones
1993
6.1
Shuttlecock
as Pound
1993
2.0
Witchcraft
as Oxford Librarian
1992
1.0
A Touch of Frost
1992
7.5
The Borrowers
as Crampfurl
1992
6.4
The Secret Agent
as Wurme
1992
8.0
Running Late
as Wicks
1992
0.0
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Frank Rammage
1992
4.0
Revolver
as Aldo Testi
1992
0.0
Heartbeat
as Howard Dufton
1992
7.1
One Against the Wind
as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
1991
6.8
Performance
as Bill
1991
6.0
Truly Madly Deeply
as George
1991
6.9
Prime Suspect
as Oscar Bream
1991
7.7
The Russia House
as Colonial Type
1990
6.1
The Saint: The Software Murders
as Teal
1990
0.0
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Dr. Frank Skuse
1990
7.0
🎬
Perfect Scoundrels
as Vicar
1990
6.0
The Chief
as Charlie Summers
1990
6.0
The Woman in Black
as Sweetman
1989
6.9
🎬
About Face
1989
6.0
The Paradise Club
as Bishop Sykes
1989
5.8
Nineteen96
as Sir Cyril Llewellyn
1989
0.0
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
as Teal
1989
5.0
🎬
A Beginners Guide to Freud
as Charcot
1989
0.0
Wilt
as Rev. Froude
1989
6.1
South Of The Border
as Trevor Mitchell
1988
0.0
The River
as Colonel Danvers
1988
5.2
Jack the Ripper
as Bowyer
1988
7.1
The Return of Shelley
1988
0.0
🎬
Starlings
as Mr James
1988
0.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Pastor Kroll
1988
0.0
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Bill
1987
6.3
Inspector Morse
as Derek Whittaker
1987
7.8
The Singing Detective
as Mr Hall
1986
7.5
Casualty
as Eddie Gash
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Tom Harley
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Dr. James Baker
1986
6.1
Lovejoy
as Sam Cavendish
1986
7.3
The Bill
1984
6.7
Spyship
1983
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Glass
1983
7.0
Number 10
as Charles Fox
1983
5.0
Fords on Water
as Mister Jack
1983
0.0
Walter
as Mr. Richards
1982
5.2
Drake's Venture
as Sir Francis Wisingham
1980
5.5
The Elephant Man
as Man With Whores
1980
8.1
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
as Richardetto
1980
5.0
🎬
Dying Day
as Lane
1980
0.0
Dreams of Leaving
as Drunk Journalist
1980
7.0
Minder
as Ashley Brown
1979
6.8
The Knowledge
as Titanic Walters
1979
6.4
Bless Me Father
as Billy Buzzle
1978
6.2
Enemy at the Door
as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
1978
7.8
Enemy at the Door
as Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
1978
7.8
Blake's 7
as Selman
1978
7.3
Black Joy
as Butcher
1977
6.4
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Abbot of Grantham
1975
6.5
Crown Court
1972
5.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Rant
1971
7.4
The Dance of Death
as Sentry
1969
5.5
Much Ado About Nothing
as The Sexton
1967
5.5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dumont
1951
8.6