David Ryall

David Ryall

January 5, 1935 · 91 years old

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. H…

Known For

13 titles
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Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In

2008 · 1h 54m · TV Show

A bullied boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, a peculiar girl with a dark secret.

7.8
2
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2004 · 2h 0m · Movie

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.

5.9
3
City of Ember

City of Ember

2008 · 1h 30m · Movie

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

6.4
4
Automata

Automata

2014 · 1h 49m · Movie

During a routine investigation involving robot manipulation, an insurance agent at a robotics company makes a discovery that has profound consequences for the human race.

6.0
5
Quartet

Quartet

2012 · 1h 38m · Movie

At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.

6.8
6
Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

1991 · 1h 46m · Movie

A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.

7.2
7
Restoration

Restoration

1995 · 1h 57m · Movie

The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.

6.6
8
Fatherland

Fatherland

1994 · 1h 46m · Movie

In April 1964, more than twenty years after the Nazis won World War II, S.S. officer Xavier March uncovers a plot to eliminate the attendees of the Wannsee Conference so that Germany can establish better relations with the U.S.

6.4
9
Carrington

Carrington

1995 · 2h 1m · Movie

The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey in the early twentieth century.

6.8
10
Blackball

Blackball

2003 · 1h 36m · Movie

A rebellious young British bowls player teams with another older and more traditional player to take on the Australian bowls team.

5.6
11
The Village

The Village

2013 · 1h 0m · TV Show

Follows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.

7.6
12
The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

1989 · 1h 32m · Movie

An unlucky lecturer's wife goes missing and he's accused of her murder.

6.1
13
The Robbers

The Robbers

2009 · 39m · Movie

It's Boxing Day and already Karen is making New Year resolutions - chiefly for others - and the family have been burgled,though selectively,causing Sue to cheat on the insurance claim. Sue and Jake go to collect Grandad from the r...