Portrait of David Ryall

David Ryall

Acting

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.

Born: January 5, 1935

Place of Birth: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

Filmography

2014
Mr. Turner

as Footman

2014
Automata

as Dominic Hawk

2013
The Village

as Old Bert Middleton

2012
Quartet

as Harry

2012
Call the Midwife

as Tommy Mills

2011
The Broken Santa

as Frank Morrison

2011
Hysteria

as Judge

2009
The Robbers

as Frank Morrison

2008
Crooked House

as Mr Paget

2008
City of Ember

as Chief Builder

2007
Outnumbered

as Granddad

2007
2007
Lewis

as Mr. Cooper

2006
Le Grand Charles

as Winston Churchill

2004
2004
New Tricks

as Jasper Urquhart

2003
Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

2003
State of Play

as Bob Coutts

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

as Dr. Henderson

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

1995
Restoration

as Lord Bathurst

1995
Jake's Progress

as Alex Halliwell

1995
Carrington

as Mayor

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

1993
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
The Borrowers

as Crampfurl

1992
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
1991
1991
Prime Suspect

as Oscar Bream

1990
The Russia House

as Colonial Type

1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Dr. Frank Skuse

1990
The Chief

as Charlie Summers

1989
1989
The Paradise Club

as Bishop Sykes

1989
Nineteen96

as Sir Cyril Llewellyn

1989
Wilt

as Rev. Froude

1988
South Of The Border

as Trevor Mitchell

1988
The River

as Colonel Danvers

1988
1987
Inspector Morse

as Derek Whittaker

1986
1986
Casualty

as Eddie Gash

1986
Casualty

as Tom Harley

1986
Casualty

as Dr. James Baker

1986
Lovejoy

as Sam Cavendish

1983
Number 10

as Charles Fox

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
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

as Abbot of Grantham

1969
1967