
David Ryall
Acting
- Born:
- 1935-01-05
- Died:
- 2014-12-25
- Place of birth:
- Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
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
Filmography

Mr. Turner

Automata

The Tractate Middoth

The Village

Quartet

Call the Midwife

The Broken Santa

Trollied

Hysteria

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

The Robbers

Crooked House

City of Ember

Bonekickers

Outnumbered

Clapham Junction

The Worst Journey in the World

Lewis

Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup

Le Grand Charles

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Around the World in 80 Days

New Tricks
Looking for Victoria

Byron

Blackball

State of Play

Lucky Jim

Byron

Two Men Went To War

Foyle's War

Ultimate Force

Unconditional Love

Bertie and Elizabeth

The Cicerones

In Deep

Oliver Twist

Mad Cows

In the Red

Plotlands

Midsomer Murders
Black Eyes

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

Restoration

The Final Cut

Jake's Progress

Carrington

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

Hamish Macbeth

Milner

Fatherland

Giorgino

Black Beauty

Pie in the Sky

Law and Disorder

The Entertainer

To Play the King

Goodnight Sweetheart

Justice

Peak Practice

Shuttlecock

Witchcraft

A Touch of Frost

The Borrowers

The Secret Agent

Running Late

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Revolver

Heartbeat

One Against the Wind

Performance

The Men's Room

Truly Madly Deeply

Prime Suspect

For the Greater Good

The Russia House

The Saint: The Software Murders

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Perfect Scoundrels

The Chief

The Woman in Black
About Face

The Paradise Club

Nineteen96

The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
A Beginners Guide to Freud

Wilt

South of the Border

The River

The Return of Shelley

Jack the Ripper
Starlings

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Inspector Morse

The Singing Detective

Casualty

Lovejoy

Blake's 7: The Beginning

Lytton's Diary

The Bill

Spyship

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Number 10

Fords on Water

Walter
On the Line

Drake's Venture

The Elephant Man

'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Dying Day

Dreams of Leaving

Minder

The Knowledge

Bless Me Father

Enemy at the Door

Blake's 7

Black Joy

Three Piece Suite

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Legend of Robin Hood
The Aweful Mr Goodall

The Fortunes of Nigel

The Pallisers

Crown Court

A Ghost Story for Christmas

The Dance of Death

One Pair of Eyes

Much Ado About Nothing

Hallmark Hall of Fame