ACTOR · FROM SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, UK
David Ryall
1935–2014129 credits since 1951
FunnyFamilyBittersweetWhimsicalThought provoking
ABOUT DAVID
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born5 January 1935
Died25 December 2014
BirthplaceShoreham-by-Sea, UK
Known forActing
On Cineora63 of 129 titles
Known for
The titles people know David from.
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SeriesCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 63
- Average IMDb
- 7.2
- Highest rated
- Call the MidwifeIMDb 8.6
- Working since
- 1951
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
10 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
Movieas Footman
Movieas Dominic Hawk
Movieas Dr Thomas Rant
Seriesas Old Bert Middleton · 12 episodes
Movieas Harry
Seriesas Tommy Mills · 1 episode
as Frank Morrison
Series7 episodes
The 2000s
26 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
as Frank Morrison
Seriesas Mr Paget · 1 episode
Movieas Chief Builder
Series1 episode
Seriesas Granddad · 19 episodes
Movieas Vicar
as Curator
Seriesas Mr. Cooper · 1 episode
The 1990s
44 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageSeriesas Mr. Fang, magistrate · 4 episodes
Movieas Man outside Harrods
as Max Parker · 3 episodes
as Harry Crowley · 6 episodes
Seriesas Bob Moss · 1 episode
Black Eyes
Not on Cineoraas Grandad
as Welton Ormsby · 3 episodes
Movieas Lord Bathurst
The 1980s
32 titles · IMDb 7.4 on averageMovieas Sweetman
About Face
Not on Cineora1 episode
as Bishop Sykes · 4 episodes
as Sir Cyril Llewellyn
as Teal
A Beginners Guide to Freud
Not on Cineoraas Charcot
Movieas Rev. Froude
as Trevor Mitchell · 1 episode
The 1970s
14 titles · IMDb 7.8 on average
Seriesas Ashley Brown · 1 episode
Movieas Titanic Walters
as Billy Buzzle · 21 episodes
as Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe · 1 episode
Seriesas Selman · 1 episode
as Butcher
as Stanley (segment "Celluloid Dreams") · 1 episode
Seriesas Welton Ormsby · 3 episodes
The 1960s
2 titles
as Sentry
as The Sexton
The 1950s
1 title
as Dumont · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in David’s titles.
Michael KitchenFoyle's War, The Russia House and 3 more
Sam NeillRestoration, Reilly: Ace of Spies and 1 more
Jonathan PryceHysteria, Carrington and 1 more
Mark GatissThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Crooked House and 1 more
Mark AddyAround the World in 80 Days, Trollied and 1 more
Kevin WhatelyLewis, Inspector Morse and 1 more
Ralph FiennesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Prime Suspect
