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David Ryall

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: Acting

Born: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK, 1935-01-05

Died: 2014-12-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Much Ado About Nothing	The Sexton	55
2	1969	The Dance of Death	Sentry	55
3	1977	Black Joy	Butcher	64
4	1979	The Knowledge	Titanic Walters	64
5	1980	Dreams of Leaving	Drunk Journalist	70
6	1980	Dying Day	Lane	0
7	1980	'Tis Pity She's a Whore	Richardetto	50
8	1980	The Elephant Man	Man With Whores	81
9	1980	Drake's Venture	Sir Francis Wisingham	50
10	1982	Walter	Mr. Richards	53
11	1983	Fords on Water	Mister Jack	0
12	1988	Starlings	Mr James	0
13	1989	Wilt	Rev. Froude	62
14	1989	A Beginners Guide to Freud	Charcot	0
15	1989	The Saint: The Brazilian Connection	Teal	50
16	1989	Nineteen96	Sir Cyril Llewellyn	0
17	1989	The Woman in Black	Sweetman	69
18	1990	Who Bombed Birmingham?	Dr. Frank Skuse	70
19	1990	The Saint: The Software Murders	Teal	0
20	1990	The Russia House	Colonial Type	61
21	1991	Truly Madly Deeply	George	69
22	1991	One Against the Wind	Dumont, Mary's Lawyer	68
23	1992	Revolver	Aldo Testi	0
24	1992	Running Late	Wicks	0
25	1992	The Secret Agent	Wurme	80
26	1993	Shuttlecock	Pound	25
27	1993	Justice	englischer Minister	54
28	1993	The Entertainer	Bill	70
29	1994	Black Beauty	Carriagemaker	67
30	1994	Giorgino	Professor Beaumont	65
31	1994	Fatherland	Administrator Kruger	62
32	1994	Milner	Dave Stiles	60
33	1995	Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre	Dr Simmonds	0
34	1995	Carrington	Mayor	62
35	1995	Restoration	Lord Bathurst	60
36	1996	Black Eyes	Grandad	0
37	1999	Mad Cows	Man outside Harrods	36
38	2002	The Cicerones	Figure in Pulpit	52
39	2002	Bertie and Elizabeth	Winston Churchill	56
40	2002	Unconditional Love	Funeral Director	59
41	2002	Two Men Went To War	Winston Churchill	63
42	2003	Lucky Jim	Stanley	0
43	2003	Blackball	Giles Wilton	52
44	2003	Byron	Sir Ralph Milbanke	46
45	2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Lord Salisbury	59
46	2006	Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup	Meriweather	0
47	2007	The Worst Journey in the World	Curator	65
48	2007	Clapham Junction	Vicar	66
49	2008	City of Ember	Chief Builder	63
50	2009	The Robbers	Frank Morrison	0
51	2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Elphias Doge	77
52	2011	Hysteria	Judge	67
53	2011	The Broken Santa	Frank Morrison	0
54	2012	Quartet	Harry	65
55	2013	The Tractate Middoth	Rant	74
56	2014	Automata	Dominic Hawk	59
57	2014	Mr. Turner	Footman	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Dumont	86
2	1972	Crown Court		54
3	1975	The Legend of Robin Hood	Abbot of Grantham	65
4	1978	Blake's 7	Selman	72
5	1978	Enemy at the Door	Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe	78
6	1978	Enemy at the Door	Captain Tom Foster-Smythe	78
7	1978	Bless Me Father	Billy Buzzle	62
8	1979	Minder	Ashley Brown	68
9	1983	Number 10		50
10	1983	Reilly: Ace of Spies	Glass	70
11	1983	Spyship		70
12	1984	The Bill		67
13	1986	Lovejoy	Sam Cavendish	73
14	1986	Casualty	Eddie Gash	61
15	1986	Casualty	Tom Harley	61
16	1986	Casualty	Dr. James Baker	61
17	1986	The Singing Detective	Mr. Hall	76
18	1987	Inspector Morse	Derek Whittaker	78
19	1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Bill	62
20	1988	The Modern World: Ten Great Writers	Pastor Kroll	0
21	1988	The Return of Shelley		0
22	1988	Jack the Ripper	Bowyer	71
23	1988	The River	Colonel Danvers	52
24	1988	South Of The Border	Trevor Mitchell	0
25	1989	The Paradise Club	Bishop Sykes	58
26	1989	About Face		60
27	1990	Perfect Scoundrels	Vicar	60
28	1991	Prime Suspect	Oscar Bream	77
29	1991	Performance	Bill	60
30	1992	Heartbeat	Howard Dufton	71
31	1992	Anglo Saxon Attitudes	Frank Rammage	50
32	1992	The Borrowers	Crampfurl	64
33	1992	A Touch of Frost		75
34	1992	Witchcraft	Oxford Librarian	10
35	1993	Peak Practice	Ben Jones	61
36	1993	Goodnight Sweetheart	Eric Elward	72
37	1993	To Play the King	Sir Bruce Bullerby	80
38	1994	Law and Disorder		60
39	1994	Pie in the Sky	Jack Bolland	82
40	1995	Hamish Macbeth	Paul Jeffreys	76
41	1995	Jake's Progress	Alex Halliwell	35
42	1996	The Legacy of Reginald Perrin		80
43	1997	Midsomer Murders	Bob Moss	75
44	1997	Plotlands	Harry Crowley	0
45	1998	In the Red	Max Parker	62
46	1999	Oliver Twist	Mr. Fang, magistrate	63
47	2001	In Deep	Denver	100
48	2002	Ultimate Force		66
49	2002	Foyle's War	Dr. Henderson	79
50	2003	Byron	Sir Ralph Milbanke	50
51	2003	State of Play		75
52	2004	New Tricks	Jasper Urquhart	74
53	2006	Le Grand Charles	Winston Churchill	100
54	2007	Lewis	Mr. Cooper	76
55	2007	Outnumbered	Granddad	77
56	2008	Bonekickers		56
57	2008	Crooked House		67
58	2011	Trollied		63
59	2012	Call the Midwife	Tommy Mills	75
60	2013	The Village	Old Bert Middleton	75