David Ryall

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...

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Cast Credits

Mr. Turner

as Footman

Automata

as Dominic Hawk

The Tractate Middoth

as Dr Thomas Rant

Quartet

as Harry

The Broken Santa

as Frank Morrison

Hysteria

as Judge

The Robbers

as Frank Morrison

City of Ember

as Chief Builder

Byron

as Sir Ralph Milbanke

Blackball

as Giles Wilton

Lucky Jim

as Stanley

Two Men Went To War

as Winston Churchill

Unconditional Love

as Funeral Director

Bertie and Elizabeth

as Winston Churchill

The Cicerones

as Figure in Pulpit

Mad Cows

as Man outside Harrods

Black Eyes

as Grandad

Restoration

as Lord Bathurst

Carrington

as Mayor

Milner

as Dave Stiles

Fatherland

as Administrator Kruger

Giorgino

as Professor Beaumont

Black Beauty

as Carriagemaker