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.
125 acting credits
Acting · 125
Midsomer Murders
1997
Casualty
1986
Call the Midwife
2012
Minder
1979
Heartbeat
1992
Crown Court
1972
Peak Practice
1993
A Touch of Frost
1992
Inspector Morse
1987
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
New Tricks
2004
Foyle's War
2002
Lewis
2007
The Bill
1984
Pie in the Sky
1994
Prime Suspect
1991
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Blake's 7
1978
Lovejoy
1986
Performance
1991
The Chief
1990
The Paradise Club
1989
Trollied
2011
Hamish Macbeth
1995
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
Ultimate Force
2002
The Village
2013
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
The Pallisers
1974
Enemy at the Door
1978
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
State of Play
2003
Outnumbered
2007
Automata
2014
The Elephant Man
1980
City of Ember
2008
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
The Borrowers
1992
Jack the Ripper
1988
In Deep
2001
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
South of the Border
1988
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Bonekickers
2008
The Singing Detective
1986
Lytton's Diary
1985
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
Oliver Twist
1999
Restoration
1995
Black Beauty
1994
In the Red
1998
For the Greater Good
1991
Byron
2003
Crooked House
2008
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
The Final Cut
1995
Hysteria
2011
Plotlands
1997
To Play the King
1993
About Face
1989
Mr. Turner
2014
The Russia House
1990
The Legend of Robin Hood
1975
The Aweful Mr Goodall
1974
Witchcraft
1992
Bless Me Father
1978
Quartet
2012
Fatherland
1994
Spyship
1983
Number 10
1983
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996
Law and Disorder
1994
The River
1988
Jake's Progress
1995
Unconditional Love
2002
Blackball
2003
Wilt
1989
Carrington
1995
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
One Pair of Eyes
1967
Clapham Junction
2007
The Return of Shelley
1988
The Woman in Black
1989
Le Grand Charles
2006
Milner
1994
Black Joy
1977
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
The Secret Agent
1992
Shuttlecock
1993
Two Men Went To War
2002
Mad Cows
1999
Justice
1993
One Against the Wind
1991
Running Late
1992
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Walter
1982
Byron
2003
Fords on Water
1983
Giorgino
1994
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Drake's Venture
1980
Nineteen96
1989
Lucky Jim
2003
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1980
The Knowledge
1979
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995
Black Eyes
1996
The Tractate Middoth
2013
The Worst Journey in the World
2007
The Dance of Death
1969
Revolver
1992
The Cicerones
2002
Dying Day
1980
A Beginners Guide to Freud
1989
Starlings
1988
The Saint: The Software Murders
1990
The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
1989
The Robbers
2009
The Broken Santa
2011
Dreams of Leaving
1980
The Entertainer
1993