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.
As actor 129
Midsomer Murders
1997
Casualty
1986
Call the Midwife
2012
The Borrowers
1992
Crown Court
1972
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Peak Practice
1993
Lewis
2007
Minder
1979
A Touch of Frost
1992
New Tricks
2004
Heartbeat
1992
Foyle's War
2002
The Bill
1984
Inspector Morse
1987
Blake's 7
1978
Prime Suspect
1991
Pie in the Sky
1994
Performance
1991
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
The Elephant Man
1980
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
Lovejoy
1986
Trollied
2011
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Outnumbered
2007
Jack the Ripper
1988
The Chief
1990
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Automata
2014
The Village
2013
City of Ember
2008
The Pallisers
1974
Hamish Macbeth
1995
The Paradise Club
1989
Enemy at the Door
1978
State of Play
2003
Ultimate Force
2002
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
Quartet
2012
Black Beauty
1994
Mr. Turner
2014
One Pair of Eyes
1967
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
The Russia House
1990
Lytton's Diary
1985
Fatherland
1994
The Singing Detective
1986
Restoration
1995
In Deep
2001
Hysteria
2011
Bonekickers
2008
Oliver Twist
1999
The Final Cut
1995
South of the Border
1988
To Play the King
1993
Crooked House
2008
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Byron
2003
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
Unconditional Love
2002
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
For the Greater Good
1991
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Legend of Robin Hood
1975
The Return of Shelley
1988
In the Red
1998
Number 10
1983
The River
1988
Bless Me Father
1978
Blackball
2003
The Aweful Mr Goodall
1974
Le Grand Charles
2006
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
About Face
1989
Giorgino
1994
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985
The Fortunes of Nigel
1974
Nineteen96
1989
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
Jake's Progress
1995
The Woman in Black
1989
Milner
1994
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Carrington
1995
Looking for Victoria
2003
Plotlands
1997
On the Line
1982
Law and Disorder
1994
Spyship
1983
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Clapham Junction
2007
The Men's Room
1991
One Against the Wind
1991
The Entertainer
1993
Two Men Went To War
2002
The Robbers
2009
Witchcraft
1992
Mad Cows
1999
Dreams of Leaving
1980
The Secret Agent
1992
The Tractate Middoth
2013
Black Joy
1977
Wilt
1989
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
The Knowledge
1979
Shuttlecock
1993
The Cicerones
2002
Drake's Venture
1980
Lucky Jim
2003
Running Late
1992
Walter
1982
The Saint: The Software Murders
1990
Fords on Water
1983
Justice
1993
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
2006
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
Byron
2003
The Dance of Death
1969
The Broken Santa
2011
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
1989
Revolver
1992
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
Dying Day
1980
Starlings
1988
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
Black Eyes
1996
A Beginners Guide to Freud
1989