1. David John Ryall was an English stage, film and television actor.
15 Facts About David Ryall
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David Ryall 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.
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David Ryall portrayed Billy Buzzle in the ITV sitcom Bless Me, Father and Frank in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered.
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David Ryall received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1962; during which time he won the Caryl Brahms Award for a Musical.
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On leaving RADA, David Ryall went into repertory theatre in Salisbury, Bristol, Leicester and Birmingham and then into Laurence Olivier's company with the National Theatre at the Old Vic from 1965 to 1973.
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In 1979 David Ryall played a small role as a mechanic in the episode, Earnshaw Strikes Back, in the long running BBC series Last of the Summer Wine.
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In 1984 David Ryall performed a one-man show of stories and poems by Edward Bond at the NT, entitled A Leap in the Light.
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David Ryall worked with Sir Peter Hall again in the 1999 production of Lenny in the West End, and after that in the 2000 epic Tantalus, in Colorado and the UK.
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David Ryall continued to be a regular face in the theatre: with appearances in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Donmar Warehouse in 2007.
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David Ryall appeared as Max, an antiques collector, in episode 4 of BBC drama Bonekickers.
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In 2005, David Ryall played the role of Winston Churchill in the French television drama Le Grand Charles, based on the life of Charles de Gaulle.
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David Ryall appeared in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered from 2007 to 2011, in which he played Frank, a character who suffers from dementia.
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David Ryall reprised his role in the Christmas specials in 2009 and 2011.
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David Ryall appeared briefly in 2013 as an old soldier in the BBC Drama Our Girl starring Lacey Turner, and he was cast in the BBC Drama The Village, as Old Bert, Britain's oldest man who recounts his long life through a series of flashbacks.
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David Ryall had one son and two daughters He died on 25 December 2014 aged 79.