David Ryall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 5, 1935
- Died
- Dec 25, 2014
- Place of birth
- Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as
- David John 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.
Acting credits
Midsomer Murders
Bob Moss
The Bill
Casualty
Eddie Gash / Tom Harley / Dr. James Baker
Call the Midwife
Tommy Mills
Heartbeat
Howard Dufton
Crown Court
Magnus Benjamin
Minder
Ashley Brown
Peak Practice
Ben Jones
New Tricks
Jasper Urquhart
A Touch of Frost
Edward Cull
Lewis
Mr. Cooper
Foyle's War
Dr. Henderson
Inspector Morse
Derek Whittaker
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Bill
Blake's 7
Selman
Prime Suspect
Oscar Bream
Pie in the Sky
Jack Bolland
Performance
Bill
Trollied
Goodnight Sweetheart
Eric Elward
Lovejoy
Sam Cavendish
Ultimate Force
The Chief
Charlie Summers
Outnumbered
Granddad
Hamish Macbeth
Paul Jeffreys
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Rant
The Pallisers
Sextus Parker
Enemy at the Door
Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe / Captain Tom Foster-Smythe
The Village
Old Bert Middleton
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Glass
In Deep
Denver
One Pair of Eyes
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Mr. Rumford
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Welton Ormsby
The Borrowers
Crampfurl
The Paradise Club
Bishop Sykes
State of Play
Bob Coutts
The Singing Detective
Mr Hall
Jack the Ripper
Bowyer
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Pastor Kroll
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dumont
Bonekickers
South of the Border
Trevor Mitchell
Perfect Scoundrels
Vicar
Oliver Twist
Mr. Fang, magistrate
Lytton's Diary
Norman
The Final Cut
Sir Bruce Bullerby
Crooked House
Mr Paget
To Play the King
Sir Bruce Bullerby
The Return of Shelley
About Face
Jason
In the Red
Max Parker
Bless Me Father
Billy Buzzle
Number 10
Charles Fox
Byron
Sir Ralph Milbanke
The Legend of Robin Hood
Abbot of Grantham
For the Greater Good
Jack Brooke
Three Piece Suite
Stanley (segment "Celluloid Dreams")
Spyship
On the Line
Charles Blanchard
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
Welton Ormsby
Plotlands
Harry Crowley
Witchcraft
Oxford Librarian
Le Grand Charles
Winston Churchill
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Frank Rammage
The Fortunes of Nigel
Chevalier de Beaujeu
The River
Colonel Danvers
Looking for Victoria
Henry James
The Aweful Mr Goodall
Dolman
Law and Disorder
Jake's Progress
Alex Halliwell
The Men's Room
Alan Pascoe