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David John Ryall 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.
Birth Name
David John Ryall
Born
Saturday, 05 January 1935
Died
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mr. Turner | Footman | 2014 |
| Automata | Dominic Hawk | 2014 |
| The Tractate Middoth | Rant / Dr. Rant | 2013 |
| Love & Marriage | Frank Holdaway | 2013 |
| The Village | Old Bert Middleton | 2013 |
| Our Girl | George | 2013 |
| Quartet | Harry | 2012 |
| Call the Midwife | Tommy Mills | 2012 |
| Trollied | Vic | 2011 |
| Hysteria | Judge | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mr. Turner | Footman | 2014 |
| Automata | Dominic Hawk | 2014 |
| The Tractate Middoth | Rant / Dr. Rant | 2013 |
| Love & Marriage | Frank Holdaway | 2013 |
| The Village | Old Bert Middleton | 2013 |
| Our Girl | George | 2013 |
| Quartet | Harry | 2012 |
| Call the Midwife | Tommy Mills | 2012 |
| Trollied | Vic | 2011 |
| Hysteria | Judge | 2011 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Elphias Doge | 2010 |
| Crooked House | Mr Paget | 2008 |
| City of Ember | Chief Builder | 2008 |
| Bonekickers | Max Garris | 2008 |
| Outnumbered | Granddad / Frank Morrison | 2007 |
| Clapham Junction | Vicar | 2007 |
| The Worst Journey in the World | Curator | 2007 |
| De Gaulle | Winston Churchill | 2006 |
| Inspector Lewis | Mr. Cooper | 2006 |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Tom Tit | 2005 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Lord Salisbury | 2004 |
| Doc Martin | The Reverend / Vicar | 2004 |
| Looking for Victoria | Henry James | 2003 |
| Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | 2003 |
| Blackball | Giles Wilton | 2003 |
| State of Play | Bob Coutts | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Jasper Urquhart | 2003 |
| Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | 2003 |
| Two Men Went to War | Winston Churchill | 2002 |
| Foyle's War | Dr. Henderson | 2002 |
| Ultimate Force | Lord Kendrick | 2002 |
| Unconditional Love | Funeral Director | 2002 |
| Bertie and Elizabeth | Winston Churchill | 2002 |
| The Cicerones | Figure in Pulpit | 2002 |
| In Deep | Denver | 2001 |
| Doctors | Roger Wilton / Gerald Matlock / Dr. Howard Mills | 2000 |
| Oliver Twist | Mr. Fang, magistrate / Mr Fang | 1999 |
| Mad Cows | Man outside Harrods | 1999 |
| Holby City | Alfred Stewart / Billy Harvey / Walter Samuels | 1999 |
| In the Red | Max Parker | 1998 |
| Plotlands | Harry Crowley | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Bob Moss | 1997 |
| Restoration | Lord Bathurst | 1995 |
| The Final Cut | Sir Bruce Bullerby | 1995 |
| Jake's Progress | Alex Halliwell | 1995 |
| Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness | Oscar Bream | 1995 |
| Carrington | Mayor | 1995 |
| Prime Suspect: The Lost Child | Oscar Bream | 1995 |
| Hamish Macbeth | Paul Jeffreys | 1995 |
| Milner | Dave Stiles | 1994 |
| Fatherland | Administrator Kruger | 1994 |
| Giorgino | Professor Beaumont | 1994 |
| Black Beauty | Carriagemaker | 1994 |
| Moving Story | Mr. Thorpe | 1994 |
| Pie in the Sky | Jack Bolland | 1994 |
| Law and Disorder | Farmer Winchcombe | 1994 |
| To Play the King | Sir Bruce Bullerby | 1993 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | Eric Elward / Eric | 1993 |
| Justiz | English Minister / englischer Minister | 1993 |
| Peak Practice | Ben Jones | 1993 |
| The Gingerbread Girl | Rogers | 1993 |
| Shuttlecock | Pound | 1993 |
| Diana: Her True Story | Reporter 2 | 1993 |
| Prime Suspect 2 | Oscar Bream | 1992 |
| Witchcraft | Oxford Librarian | 1992 |
| A Touch of Frost | Edward Gull | 1992 |
| The Borrowers | Crampfurl | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Wurme | 1992 |
| The Secret Agent | Wurme | 1992 |
| Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Frank Rammage | 1992 |
| Revolver | Aldo Testi | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Howard Dufton | 1992 |
| One Against the Wind | Dumont, Mary's Lawyer | 1991 |
| Performance | Bill | 1991 |
| Truly Madly Deeply | George | 1991 |
| Prime Suspect | 1991 | |
| The Russia House | Colonial Type | 1990 |
| The Chief | Charlie Summers | 1990 |
| The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing | Dr. Frank Skuse | 1990 |
| TECX | John Pellin | 1990 |
| The Woman in Black | Sweetman | 1989 |
| The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt | Rev. Froude | 1989 |
| About Face | Jasper | 1989 |
| The Paradise Club | Bishop Sykes | 1989 |
| Screen One | Sir Cyril Llewellyn (DPP) / Wicks | 1989 |
| Saracen | Aaron Frankel | 1989 |
| A Fine Romance | Dr. Erno Zerbe | 1989 |
| This Is David Lander | Russell Nicholson | 1988 |
| The River | Colonel Danvers | 1988 |
| Jack the Ripper | Bowyer | 1988 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Bill | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Derek Whittaker | 1987 |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Mr. Gudgeon | 1987 |
| The Singing Detective | Mr. Hall | 1986 |
| Casualty | Tom Harley / Eddie Gash / Dr. James Baker | 1986 |
| Boon | Derek Donaghue | 1986 |
| Lovejoy | Sam Cavendish | 1986 |
| Drummonds | Mr. Brown | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Dr. Simmonds | 1985 |
| The Brief | Yates / Mr. Jacobs / George Flint | 1984 |
| All the World's a Stage | Extract from Bussy D'Ambois | 1984 |
| Spyship | Sir Philip Strang | 1983 |
| Reilly: Ace of Spies | Glass | 1983 |
| Number 10 | Charles Fox | 1983 |
| Fords on Water | Mister Jack | 1983 |
| Walter | Mr. Richards | 1982 |
| On the Line | Charles Blanchard | 1982 |
| Drake's Venture | Sir Francis Wisingham | 1980 |
| The Elephant Man | Man with Whores | 1980 |
| Juliet Bravo | Duckworth | 1980 |
| Two People | Mr. Bennett | 1979 |
| Minder | Ashley Brown | 1979 |
| The Knowledge | Titanic Walters / Titanic | 1979 |
| Bless Me, Father | Billy Buzzle | 1978 |
| People Like Us | Labour Party speaker | 1978 |
| Armchair Thriller | Lane | 1978 |
| Enemy at the Door | Captain Tom Foster-Smythe / Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe | 1978 |
| Blake's 7 | Selman | 1978 |
| Black Joy | Butcher | 1977 |
| Love for Lydia | Bretherton | 1977 |
| Two's Company | George Gunn | 1975 |
| Seven Faces of Woman | Duggie | 1974 |
| The Aweful Mr. Goodall | Dolman | 1974 |
| The Pallisers | Sextus Parker | 1974 |
| Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Mr. Rumford | 1973 |
| Last of the Summer Wine | Motorist | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Det. Insp. Kemp / Magnus Benjamin | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Drunken Journalist | 1970 |
| Hadleigh | Dick Iverson | 1969 |
| The Dance of Death | Sentry | 1969 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Sexton | 1967 |
