David Ryall

Actor Jan 5 (died age 79) Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK 1951–2014 (63 year career)

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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

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Elphias Doge

Film

The Elephant Man

Man With Whores

Film

City of Ember

Chief Builder

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Lord Salisbury

Film

Hysteria

Judge

Film

Automata

Dominic Hawk

Film

Mr. Turner

Footman

Film

Black Beauty

Carriagemaker

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (59)

Automata

as Dominic Hawk

Mr. Turner

as Footman

The Tractate Middoth

as Dr Thomas Rant

Quartet

as Harry

The Broken Santa

as Frank Morrison

Hysteria

2011

as Judge

6.7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Elphias Doge

7.7

The Robbers

2009

as Frank Morrison

City of Ember

as Chief Builder

Clapham Junction

as Vicar

The Worst Journey in the World

2007

as Curator

6.5

Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup

2006

as Meriweather

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

2005

as Tom Tit

6.2

Around the World in 80 Days

as Lord Salisbury

Blackball

as Giles Wilton

Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

4.3

Lucky Jim

2003

as Stanley

Bertie and Elizabeth

as Winston Churchill

Unconditional Love

as Funeral Director

Two Men Went To War

as Winston Churchill

The Cicerones

as Figure in Pulpit

Mad Cows

as Man outside Harrods

3.9

Black Eyes

1996

as Grandad

Restoration

as Lord Bathurst

Carrington

as Mayor

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

1995

as Dr Simmonds

Fatherland

1994

as Administrator Kruger

6.2

Giorgino

1994

as Professor Beaumont

Milner

as Dave Stiles

Black Beauty

as Carriagemaker

Justice

as englischer Minister

Shuttlecock

as Pound

The Entertainer

as Bill

The Secret Agent

as Wurme

Running Late

as Wicks

Revolver

1992

as Aldo Testi

Truly Madly Deeply

1991

as George

6.9

One Against the Wind

1991

as Dumont, Mary's Lawyer

6.8

The Saint: The Software Murders

1990

as Teal

The Russia House

1990

as Colonial Type

6.1

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Dr. Frank Skuse

7.0

The Saint: The Brazilian Connection

1989

as Teal

5.0

A Beginners Guide to Freud

1989

as Charcot

Wilt

as Rev. Froude

The Woman in Black

as Sweetman

Nineteen96

as Sir Cyril Llewellyn

Starlings

1988

as Mr James

Blake's 7: The Beginning

1985

as Selman

Fords on Water

1983

as Mister Jack

Walter

as Mr. Richards

The Elephant Man

as Man With Whores

Drake's Venture

as Sir Francis Wisingham

5.5

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

as Richardetto

Dreams of Leaving

as Drunk Journalist

Dying Day

as Lane

The Knowledge

as Titanic Walters

Black Joy

as Butcher

The Dance of Death

as Sentry

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

as The Sexton

5.5

Television (65)

The Village

2013

as Old Bert Middleton

Call the Midwife

as Tommy Mills

Trollied

Crooked House

as Mr Paget

Bonekickers

Lewis

as Mr. Cooper

Outnumbered

as Granddad

Le Grand Charles

as Winston Churchill

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as Dr. Rant

New Tricks

as Jasper Urquhart

State of Play

as Bob Coutts

Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

Foyle's War

as Dr. Henderson

Ultimate Force

In Deep

as Denver

Oliver Twist

as Mr. Fang, magistrate

In the Red

as Max Parker

Midsomer Murders

as Bob Moss

Plotlands

as Harry Crowley

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

Hamish Macbeth

as Paul Jeffreys

Jake's Progress

as Alex Halliwell

Pie in the Sky

as Jack Bolland

Law and Disorder

Peak Practice

as Ben Jones

Goodnight Sweetheart

as Eric Elward

To Play the King

as Sir Bruce Bullerby

A Touch of Frost

Heartbeat

as Howard Dufton

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Frank Rammage

The Borrowers

as Crampfurl

Witchcraft

as Oxford Librarian

Prime Suspect

as Oscar Bream

Performance

as Bill

For the Greater Good

as Jack Brooke

The Chief

as Charlie Summers

Perfect Scoundrels

as Vicar

The Paradise Club

as Bishop Sykes

About Face

Jack the Ripper

as Bowyer

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Pastor Kroll

South Of The Border

1988

as Trevor Mitchell

The River

1988

as Colonel Danvers

5.2

The Return of Shelley

1988

Inspector Morse

1987

as Derek Whittaker

7.9

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Bill

Casualty

as Eddie Gash

Lovejoy

as Sam Cavendish

The Singing Detective

as Mr Hall

Lytton's Diary

as Norman

The Bill

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Glass

Number 10

as Charles Fox

Spyship

Minder

as Ashley Brown

Blake's 7

as Selman

Enemy at the Door

as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe

7.8

Bless Me Father

1978

as Billy Buzzle

6.2

The Legend of Robin Hood

as Abbot of Grantham

The Pallisers

as Sextus Parker

The Aweful Mr Goodall

1974

as Dolman

Crown Court

1972

5.4

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Rant

One Pair of Eyes

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dumont

8.6