
David Ryall
Biography
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.
Filmography

South of the Border
1988 · 10.0

Le Grand Charles
2006 · 10.0

Revolver
1992 · 10.0

For the Greater Good
1991 · 9.0

Plotlands
1997 · 9.0

Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985 · 9.0

The Saint: The Software Murders
1990 · 9.0

Running Late
1992 · 9.0
Black Eyes
1996 · 9.0

Fords on Water
1983 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990 · 8.5

The Secret Agent
1992 · 8.5

Pie in the Sky
1994 · 8.3

Enemy at the Door
1978 · 8.2

The Elephant Man
1980 · 8.0

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · 8.0

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · 8.0

In Deep
2001 · 8.0

The Fortunes of Nigel
1974 · 8.0

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996 · 8.0
Dying Day
1980 · 8.0

Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9

Inspector Morse
1987 · 7.9

To Play the King
1993 · 7.9

Prime Suspect
1991 · 7.8

Outnumbered
2007 · 7.8

The Men's Room
1991 · 7.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · 7.7

Hamish Macbeth
1995 · 7.7

The Final Cut
1995 · 7.7

Lewis
2007 · 7.6

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973 · 7.6

A Touch of Frost
1992 · 7.6

Call the Midwife
2012 · 7.6

The Singing Detective
1986 · 7.5

State of Play
2003 · 7.5

Spyship
1983 · 7.5

The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
1989 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

Lovejoy
1986 · 7.4

The Legend of Robin Hood
1975 · 7.4

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · 7.3

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Blake's 7
1978 · 7.3

Goodnight Sweetheart
1993 · 7.3

The Village
2013 · 7.3

Lytton's Diary
1985 · 7.3

Minder
1979 · 7.2

Law and Disorder
1994 · 7.2

Heartbeat
1992 · 7.1

One Against the Wind
1991 · 7.1

The Tractate Middoth
2013 · 7.1

The Chief
1990 · 7.0

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · 7.0

One Pair of Eyes
1967 · 7.0

Jack the Ripper
1988 · 7.0
On the Line
1982 · 7.0

Number 10
1983 · 7.0
About Face
1989 · 7.0

Lucky Jim
2003 · 7.0
Starlings
1988 · 7.0

The Woman in Black
1989 · 6.9

Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · 6.9

The Bill
1984 · 6.8

Ultimate Force
2002 · 6.8

Crooked House
2008 · 6.8

Black Joy
1977 · 6.8

Hysteria
2011 · 6.7

The Borrowers
1992 · 6.7

Black Beauty
1994 · 6.7

Two Men Went To War
2002 · 6.7

Bertie and Elizabeth
2002 · 6.7

The Dance of Death
1969 · 6.7

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · 6.6

Mr. Turner
2014 · 6.6

Peak Practice
1993 · 6.5

Trollied
2011 · 6.5

Quartet
2012 · 6.5

Clapham Junction
2007 · 6.5

The Worst Journey in the World
2007 · 6.5

The Knowledge
1979 · 6.5

Giorgino
1994 · 6.4

The Pallisers
1974 · 6.4

Wilt
1989 · 6.4

City of Ember
2008 · 6.4

Performance
1991 · 6.3

Fatherland
1994 · 6.3

Oliver Twist
1999 · 6.3

Bless Me Father
1978 · 6.3

Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · 6.3

Casualty
1986 · 6.2

The Paradise Club
1989 · 6.2

Carrington
1995 · 6.2

In the Red
1998 · 6.1

Restoration
1995 · 6.1

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 · 6.1

The Russia House
1990 · 6.1

Perfect Scoundrels
1990 · 6.0

The River
1988 · 6.0

Unconditional Love
2002 · 6.0

Around the World in 80 Days
2004 · 6.0

Automata
2014 · 5.9

Drake's Venture
1980 · 5.8

The Cicerones
2002 · 5.8

Crown Court
1972 · 5.7

Bonekickers
2008 · 5.6

Justice
1993 · 5.6

Three Piece Suite
1977 · 5.5

Blackball
2003 · 5.2

Byron
2003 · 5.0

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · 5.0

Byron
2003 · 4.8

Jake's Progress
1995 · 4.5

Mad Cows
1999 · 4.4

Witchcraft
1992 · 3.7

Shuttlecock
1993 · 3.5

The Return of Shelley
1988 · 0.0
The Aweful Mr Goodall
1974 · 0.0
Looking for Victoria
2003 · 0.0
A Beginners Guide to Freud
1989 · 0.0

The Robbers
2009 · 0.0

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995 · 0.0

The Broken Santa
2011 · 0.0

Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
2006 · 0.0