David Ryall: movies and TV shows
David Ryall has 132 credits in the archive: 59 films and 73 TV series, from 1951 to 2014. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2014 · busiest year: 1992 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Automata | Dominic Hawk | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Footman | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2013 | The Village | Old Bert Middleton | TV | 7.2 | 78 |
| 2013 | The Tractate Middoth | Dr Thomas Rant | Film | 7.1 | 78 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Tommy Mills | TV | 7.5 | 77 |
| 2012 | Quartet | Harry | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2011 | Trollied | TV | 6.5 | 76 | |
| 2011 | Hysteria | Judge | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2011 | The Broken Santa | Frank Morrison | Film | — | 76 |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Elphias Doge | Film | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2009 | The Robbers | Frank Morrison | Film | — | 74 |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Chief Builder | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2008 | Bonekickers | TV | 5.6 | 73 | |
| 2008 | Crooked House | Mr Paget | TV | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Mr. Cooper | TV | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2007 | Outnumbered | Granddad | TV | 7.7 | 72 |
| 2007 | Clapham Junction | Vicar | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2007 | The Worst Journey in the World | Curator | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2006 | Le Grand Charles | Winston Churchill | TV | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2006 | Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup | Meriweather | Film | — | 71 |
| 2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Tom Tit | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Jasper Urquhart | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Lord Salisbury | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | State of Play | Bob Coutts | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2003 | Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | TV | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2003 | Blackball | Giles Wilton | Film | 5.2 | 68 |
| 2003 | Byron | Sir Ralph Milbanke | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria | Henry James | TV | — | 68 |
| 2003 | Lucky Jim | Stanley | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Dr. Henderson | TV | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force | TV | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Funeral Director | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Bertie and Elizabeth | Winston Churchill | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2002 | Two Men Went To War | Winston Churchill | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2002 | The Cicerones | Figure in Pulpit | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2001 | In Deep | Denver | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Fang, magistrate | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Man outside Harrods | Film | 4.4 | 64 |
| 1998 | In the Red | Max Parker | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Bob Moss | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1997 | Plotlands | Harry Crowley | TV | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1996 | The Legacy of Reginald Perrin | TV | 8.0 | 61 | |
| 1996 | Black Eyes | Grandad | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | Hamish Macbeth | Paul Jeffreys | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Sir Bruce Bullerby | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1995 | Restoration | Lord Bathurst | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress | Alex Halliwell | TV | 4.5 | 60 |
| 1995 | Carrington | Mayor | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1995 | Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre | Dr Simmonds | Film | — | 60 |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Jack Bolland | TV | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1994 | Fatherland | Administrator Kruger | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Carriagemaker | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1994 | Giorgino | Professor Beaumont | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1994 | Milner | Dave Stiles | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1994 | Law and Disorder | TV | 7.3 | 59 | |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Ben Jones | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1993 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Eric Elward | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Sir Bruce Bullerby | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1993 | The Entertainer | Bill | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1993 | Justice | englischer Minister | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1993 | Shuttlecock | Pound | Film | 3.5 | 58 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Howard Dufton | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Edward Cull | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1992 | The Borrowers | Crampfurl | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Frank Rammage | TV | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1992 | Witchcraft | Oxford Librarian | TV | 3.7 | 57 |
| 1992 | The Secret Agent | Wurme | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 1992 | Revolver | Aldo Testi | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1992 | Running Late | Wicks | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Oscar Bream | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1991 | Performance | Bill | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1991 | The Men's Room | Alan Pascoe | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1991 | For the Greater Good | Jack Brooke | TV | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1991 | Truly Madly Deeply | George | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Dumont, Mary's Lawyer | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Chief | Charlie Summers | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Vicar | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Russia House | Colonial Type | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Dr. Frank Skuse | Film | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Saint: The Software Murders | Teal | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1989 | The Paradise Club | Bishop Sykes | TV | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1989 | About Face | TV | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1989 | The Woman in Black | Sweetman | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1989 | Wilt | Rev. Froude | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1989 | Nineteen96 | Sir Cyril Llewellyn | Film | — | 54 |
| 1989 | The Saint: The Brazilian Connection | Teal | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1989 | A Beginners Guide to Freud | Charcot | Film | — | 54 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Pastor Kroll | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper | Bowyer | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Trevor Mitchell | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | The Return of Shelley | TV | — | 53 | |
| 1988 | The River | Colonel Danvers | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | Starlings | Mr James | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Derek Whittaker | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Bill | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Eddie Gash | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Tom Harley | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Dr. James Baker | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Sam Cavendish | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Mr Hall | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Norman | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1985 | Blake's 7: The Beginning | Selman | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Glass | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1983 | Number 10 | Charles Fox | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1983 | Spyship | TV | 7.5 | 48 | |
| 1983 | Fords on Water | Mister Jack | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1982 | On the Line | Charles Blanchard | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1982 | Walter | Mr. Richards | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Man With Whores | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1980 | Drake's Venture | Sir Francis Wisingham | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1980 | Dreams of Leaving | Drunk Journalist | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1980 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Richardetto | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1980 | Dying Day | Lane | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1979 | Minder | Ashley Brown | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Titanic Walters | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Selman | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Capt. Tom Foster-Smythe | TV | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | Enemy at the Door | Captain Tom Foster-Smythe | TV | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | Bless Me Father | Billy Buzzle | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1977 | Black Joy | Butcher | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1976 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Welton Ormsby | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | The Legend of Robin Hood | Abbot of Grantham | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Sextus Parker | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1974 | The Aweful Mr Goodall | Dolman | TV | — | 39 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 37 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Magnus Benjamin | TV | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Rant | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1969 | The Dance of Death | Sentry | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1967 | One Pair of Eyes | TV | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | The Sexton | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dumont | TV | 8.8 | 16 |