David Ryall
Born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK — Jan 05 1935• Died Dec 25 2014
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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.
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Midsomer Murders
Bob Moss
Casualty
Eddie Gash
Minder
Ashley Brown
Mr. Turner
Footman
Call the Midwife
Tommy Mills
Heartbeat
Howard Dufton
Crown Court
Peak Practice
Ben Jones
New Tricks
Jasper Urquhart
Foyle's War
Dr. Henderson
The Bill
A Touch of Frost
Edward Cull
Performance
Bill
Lewis
Mr. Cooper
Prime Suspect
Oscar Bream
Inspector Morse
Derek Whittaker
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Bill
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Elphias Doge
Pie in the Sky
Jack Bolland
Lovejoy
Sam Cavendish
Blake's 7
Selman
The Chief
Charlie Summers
Hamish Macbeth
Paul Jeffreys
The Paradise Club
Bishop Sykes
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Pastor Kroll
The Pallisers
Sextus Parker
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Rant
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Glass
Ultimate Force
Trollied
Enemy at the Door
Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe
Goodnight Sweetheart
Eric Elward
The Village
Old Bert Middleton
State of Play
Bob Coutts
Lytton's Diary
Norman
South of the Border
Trevor Mitchell
The Elephant Man
Man With Whores
Outnumbered
Granddad
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dumont
Automata
Dominic Hawk
The Singing Detective
Mr Hall
Bonekickers
The Borrowers
Crampfurl
Jack the Ripper
Bowyer
In Deep
Denver
City of Ember
Chief Builder
Around the World in 80 Days
Lord Salisbury
About Face
Perfect Scoundrels
Vicar
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fang, magistrate
Hysteria
Judge
The Legend of Robin Hood
Abbot of Grantham
Number 10
Charles Fox
Giorgino
Professor Beaumont
Crooked House
Mr Paget
In the Red
Max Parker
Fatherland
Administrator Kruger
Byron
Sir Ralph Milbanke
Spyship
Plotlands
Harry Crowley
Bless Me Father
Billy Buzzle
To Play the King
Sir Bruce Bullerby
Quartet
Harry
The Russia House
Colonial Type
Black Beauty
Carriagemaker
Restoration
Lord Bathurst
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Frank Rammage
Wilt
Rev. Froude
Witchcraft
Oxford Librarian
Mad Cows
Man outside Harrods
The River
Colonel Danvers
For the Greater Good
Jack Brooke
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
The Aweful Mr Goodall
Dolman
Carrington
Mayor
Clapham Junction
Vicar
Blackball
Giles Wilton
One Pair of Eyes
Unconditional Love
Funeral Director
The Woman in Black
Sweetman
Jake's Progress
Alex Halliwell
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Tom Tit
Le Grand Charles
Winston Churchill
Byron
Sir Ralph Milbanke
Truly Madly Deeply
George
Walter
Mr. Richards
Fords on Water
Mister Jack
Much Ado About Nothing
The Sexton
Running Late
Wicks
The Secret Agent
Wurme
Lucky Jim
Stanley
Dreams of Leaving
Drunk Journalist
The Knowledge
Titanic Walters
Bertie and Elizabeth
Winston Churchill
Shuttlecock
Pound
Milner
Dave Stiles
Two Men Went To War
Winston Churchill
Dying Day
Lane
One Against the Wind
Dumont, Mary's Lawyer
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Dr. Frank Skuse
Starlings
Mr James
Nineteen96
Sir Cyril Llewellyn
The Return of Shelley
The Tractate Middoth
Dr Thomas Rant
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Meriweather
Law and Disorder
Revolver
Aldo Testi
The Entertainer
Bill
Black Eyes
Grandad
Justice
englischer Minister
The Dance of Death
Sentry
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Richardetto
The Cicerones
Figure in Pulpit
The Saint: The Software Murders
Teal
Drake's Venture
Sir Francis Wisingham
Black Joy
Butcher
The Robbers
Frank Morrison
The Broken Santa
Frank Morrison
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
Teal
The Worst Journey in the World
Curator
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Dr Simmonds
A Beginners Guide to Freud
Charcot
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Selman