David Ryall
Birthday: 1935-01-05
Place of Birth: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
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.
Movies
Around the World in 80 Days
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that the...
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The Dance of Death
An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining...
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City of Ember
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering l...
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Fords on Water
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond ...
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The Woman in Black
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his fi...
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One Against the Wind
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied s...
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Running Late
Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of...
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Starlings
Starlings are the charlatans of the bird world; they change their tune to match their company. In th...
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Two Men Went To War
Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, ...
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Walter
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated whe...
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Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
The fictional story about the little dog that discovered the FIFA World Cup Trophy after it was stol...
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The Tractate Middoth
The chilling story of Dr Rant, whose wicked streak continues from beyond the grave. Based on the fes...
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Justice
Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dini...
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Automata
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of mani...
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Clapham Junction
Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths...
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The Knowledge
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers....
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Fatherland
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Ger...
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in...
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The Russia House
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for ...
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The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...
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Black Eyes
Josh and Jim want to know how Jack got his black eye. So the17 year old Jack explains over a couple ...
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Truly Madly Deeply
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his...
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Byron
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen year...
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Lucky Jim
A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Di...
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Bertie and Elizabeth
The life of England’s George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his broth...
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Carrington
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey....
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Wilt
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attenti...
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The Worst Journey in the World
Drama documentary exploring Captain Scott's 1912 Antarctic expedition, which saw him and two colleag...
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Mr. Turner
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes inv...
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Quartet
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celeb...
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Milner
Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, wh...
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Drake's Venture
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure....
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Dreams of Leaving
William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Th...
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Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
When a shy young man arrives on her doorstep, Alice Hartley grabs the chance to escape from her love...
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Lord Sorenzo marries the beautiful young Annabella, but unbeknownst to him, she is pregnant as a res...
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Black Beauty
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates ...
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Restoration
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and save...
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Hysteria
Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ...
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Blackball
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptio...
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Mad Cows
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newl...
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Black Joy
An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Bri...
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Unconditional Love
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox,...
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The Saint: The Brazilian Connection
Sleuth Simon Templar ties a London baby's kidnapping to a black-market baby ring based in Brazil....
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The Saint: The Software Murders
From his home in California, Simon's friend Jack is investigating the deaths of three prominent scie...
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Revolver
Nick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down h...
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Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis VC is a British spy of World War II and war hero who goes under the code name of...
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Nineteen96
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on ...
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The Secret Agent
1992 BBC adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novel of 1907 concerning the mostly inactive spy Alfred Ver...
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Giorgino
October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a grou...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre...
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The Robbers
It's Boxing Day and already Karen is making New Year resolutions - chiefly for others - and the fami...
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The Broken Santa
The Brockmans hope to get away for the holiday, but Granddad's sudden illness and trip to the worst ...
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A Beginners Guide to Freud
An exploration of Sigmund Freud, including his relationship to German nose and throat specialist Dr....
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Dying Day
A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which inc...
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