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 128
Midsomer Murders
1997
Casualty
1986
Call the Midwife
2012
Heartbeat
1992
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Minder
1979
Crown Court
1972
Peak Practice
1993
Foyle's War
2002
A Touch of Frost
1992
Lewis
2007
New Tricks
2004
Inspector Morse
1987
The Bill
1984
Prime Suspect
1991
Blake's 7
1978
Performance
1991
Pie in the Sky
1994
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Lovejoy
1986
Crooked House
2008
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
The Pallisers
1974
The Chief
1990
Trollied
2011
The Elephant Man
1980
Hamish Macbeth
1995
The Village
2013
Automata
2014
Ultimate Force
2002
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Outnumbered
2007
City of Ember
2008
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
The Paradise Club
1989
One Pair of Eyes
1967
State of Play
2003
Enemy at the Door
1978
Jack the Ripper
1988
Lytton's Diary
1985
Black Beauty
1994
Oliver Twist
1999
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
The Borrowers
1992
The Singing Detective
1986
South of the Border
1988
In Deep
2001
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Bonekickers
2008
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Fatherland
1994
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
To Play the King
1993
The Legend of Robin Hood
1975
The Final Cut
1995
The Russia House
1990
Number 10
1983
The Return of Shelley
1988
Mr. Turner
2014
For the Greater Good
1991
Hysteria
2011
In the Red
1998
The River
1988
About Face
1989
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
Restoration
1995
The Woman in Black
1989
Quartet
2012
Bless Me Father
1978
Looking for Victoria
2003
The Aweful Mr Goodall
1974
Blackball
2003
On the Line
1982
Byron
2003
Witchcraft
1992
Unconditional Love
2002
Le Grand Charles
2006
The Entertainer
1993
Giorgino
1994
Clapham Junction
2007
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
Plotlands
1997
Jake's Progress
1995
Carrington
1995
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985
Spyship
1983
Milner
1994
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
The Men's Room
1991
Wilt
1989
Two Men Went To War
2002
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
Mad Cows
1999
One Against the Wind
1991
Drake's Venture
1980
Law and Disorder
1994
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
The Tractate Middoth
2013
Byron
2003
Walter
1982
The Saint: The Software Murders
1990
Justice
1993
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
1989
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
A Beginners Guide to Freud
1989
The Knowledge
1979
The Dance of Death
1969
Dreams of Leaving
1980
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
The Secret Agent
1992
Black Joy
1977
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
2006
Shuttlecock
1993
Running Late
1992
The Robbers
2009
Nineteen96
1989
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995
The Broken Santa
2011
Revolver
1992
Lucky Jim
2003
Dying Day
1980
Black Eyes
1996
The Cicerones
2002
Fords on Water
1983
Starlings
1988