Jan 5, 1935 - Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
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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| Movie | 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Lord Salisbury | |
| Movie | 1969 | The Dance of Death | Sentry | |
| Movie | 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Elphias Doge | |
| Movie | 2008 | City of Ember | Chief Builder | |
| Movie | 1983 | Fords on Water | Mister Jack | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Woman in Black | Sweetman | |
| Movie | 1991 | One Against the Wind | Dumont, Mary's Lawyer | |
| Movie | 1992 | Running Late | Wicks | |
| Movie | 1988 | Starlings | Mr James | |
| Movie | 2002 | Two Men Went To War | Winston Churchill | |
| Movie | 1982 | Walter | Mr. Richards | |
| Movie | 2006 | Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup | Meriweather | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Tractate Middoth | Rant | |
| Movie | 1993 | Justice | englischer Minister | |
| Movie | 2014 | Automata | Dominic Hawk | |
| Movie | 2007 | Clapham Junction | Vicar | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Knowledge | Titanic Walters | |
| Movie | 1994 | Fatherland | Administrator Kruger | |
| Movie | 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Dr. Frank Skuse | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Russia House | Colonial Type | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Elephant Man | Man With Whores | |
| Movie | 1996 | Black Eyes | Grandad | |
| Movie | 1991 | Truly Madly Deeply | George | |
| Movie | 2003 | Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Cicerones | Figure in Pulpit | |
| Movie | 2003 | Lucky Jim | Stanley | |
| Movie | 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth | Winston Churchill | |
| Movie | 1995 | Carrington | Mayor | |
| Movie | 1989 | Wilt | Rev. Froude | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Worst Journey in the World | Curator | |
| Movie | 2014 | Mr. Turner | Footman | |
| Movie | 2012 | Quartet | Harry | |
| Movie | 1994 | Milner | Dave Stiles | |
| Movie | 1980 | Drake's Venture | Sir Francis Wisingham | |
| Movie | 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | Drunk Journalist | |
| Movie | 1995 | Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre | Dr Simmonds | |
| Movie | 1980 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Richardetto | |
| Movie | 1994 | Black Beauty | Carriagemaker | |
| Movie | 1995 | Restoration | Lord Bathurst | |
| Movie | 2011 | Hysteria | Judge | |
| Movie | 2003 | Blackball | Giles Wilton | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mad Cows | Man outside Harrods | |
| Movie | 1977 | Black Joy | Butcher | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Entertainer | Bill | |
| Movie | 2002 | Unconditional Love | Funeral Director | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Saint: The Brazilian Connection | Teal | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Saint: The Software Murders | Teal | |
| Movie | 1992 | Revolver | Aldo Testi | |
| Movie | 1993 | Shuttlecock | Pound | |
| Movie | 1989 | Nineteen96 | Sir Cyril Llewellyn | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Secret Agent | Wurme | |
| Movie | 1994 | Giorgino | Professor Beaumont | |
| Movie | 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | The Sexton | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Robbers | Frank Morrison | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Broken Santa | Frank Morrison | |
| Movie | 1989 | A Beginners Guide to Freud | Charcot | |
| Movie | 1980 | Dying Day | Lane | |
| TV Show | 2002 | Ultimate Force | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | The Bill | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1978 | Blake's 7 | Selman | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Lewis | Mr. Cooper | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | A Touch of Frost | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1991 | Prime Suspect | Oscar Bream | 3 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Heartbeat | Howard Dufton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Inspector Morse | Derek Whittaker | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | State of Play | Bob Coutts | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Crown Court | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2002 | Foyle's War | Dr. Henderson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Eric Elward | 58 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Lovejoy | Sam Cavendish | 2 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dumont | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Bonekickers | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2007 | Outnumbered | Granddad | 19 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The River | Colonel Danvers | 6 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Crooked House | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Plotlands | Harry Crowley | 6 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Return of Shelley | 32 | |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Legacy of Reginald Perrin | 7 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | The Paradise Club | Bishop Sykes | 4 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Borrowers | Crampfurl | 6 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Vicar | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Village | Old Bert Middleton | 12 |
| TV Show | 2004 | New Tricks | Jasper Urquhart | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Frank Rammage | 3 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Bill | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | In Deep | Denver | 2 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Trollied | 7 | |
| TV Show | 1998 | In the Red | Max Parker | 3 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Bowyer | 2 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Number 10 | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1986 | The Singing Detective | Mr. Hall | 6 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Peak Practice | Ben Jones | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | About Face | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | Minder | Ashley Brown | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Casualty | Eddie Gash | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Casualty | Tom Harley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Law and Disorder | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1988 | South Of The Border | Trevor Mitchell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Casualty | Dr. James Baker | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Fang, magistrate | 4 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Spyship | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2003 | Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | 2 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Jack Bolland | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Jake's Progress | Alex Halliwell | 6 |
| TV Show | 1993 | To Play the King | Sir Bruce Bullerby | 4 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Witchcraft | Oxford Librarian | 2 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Bless Me Father | Billy Buzzle | 21 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Call the Midwife | Tommy Mills | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Le Grand Charles | Winston Churchill | 2 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Bob Moss | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Pastor Kroll | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Glass | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Hamish Macbeth | Paul Jeffreys | 2 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Captain Tom Foster-Smythe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Performance | Bill | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | The Legend of Robin Hood | Abbot of Grantham | 2 |
| TV Show | 1990 | The Chief | Charlie Summers | 4 |
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