David Ryall - wikipedia David Ryall This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2014 ) David Ryall David John Ryall ( 1935 - 01 - 05 ) 5 January 1935 Shoreham - by - Sea, Sussex, England 25 December 2014 ( 2014 - 12 - 25 ) ( aged 79 ) London, England Years active 1969 -- 2014 Spouse ( s ) Gillian Eddison ( m. 1964 ; div. 1984 ) Cathy Buchwald ( m. 1985 ; div. 2001 ) Penny England ( m. 2003 ; his death 2014 ) Children David John Ryall ( 5 January 1935 -- 25 December 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life Born in Shoreham - by - Sea, Sussex, Ryall was educated at Shoreham and Wallington grammar schools. He received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1962, during which time he won the Caryl Brahms Award for a Musical. Career On leaving RADA, he went into repertory work in Salisbury, Bristol, Leicester and Birmingham ( including King Lear and The Master Builder ) and then into Laurence Olivier 's company with the National Theatre at the Old Vic from 1965 -- 73. During this time he was involved with many new and influential plays, including Tom Stoppard 's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Jumpers, Peter Shaffer 's The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Adrian Mitchell 's Tyger. Other work at the National Theatre included Guys and Dolls, The Beggar 's Opera, Coriolanus and Animal Farm ( for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award in 1985 ), The School for Wives, Wild Oats, Democracy and The UN Inspector. In 1979 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. In 1983 he worked on ' A Matter of the Officers ' and Jean Seberg with Julian Barry, who remained a lifelong friend. In 1984 Ryall performed a one - man show of stories and poems by Edward Bond at the NT, entitled A Leap in the Light. Ryall portrayed discredited scientist Frank Skuse in the March 1990 docudrama Who Bombed Birmingham ? In 1994 he played Feste in Sir Peter Hall 's production of Twelfth Night -- a performance which was praised highly by Sir Alec Guinness in his autobiography. In 1996 -- 97, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played God in The Mysteries, and Polonius in Hamlet, for which he was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award during its tour of the United States. He 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. 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. His television and film career included The Knowledge, The Singing Detective, Shelley, Inspector Morse, Plotlands, State of Play, The Elephant Man, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Black Beauty and Two Men Went to War. He appeared as Max, an antiques collector, in episode 4 of BBC drama Bonekickers. In 2005, Ryall played the role of Winston Churchill in the French television drama Le Grand Charles, based on the life of Charles de Gaulle. Ryall appeared in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered from 2007 to 2011, in which he played Frank ( known as `` Granddad '' ), a character who suffers from dementia. The character appeared in series 1 and 2. Ryall reprised his role in the Christmas specials in 2009 and 2011. On 26th December 2016 the Christmas special was dedicated to his memory. In 2010, Ryall portrayed Elphias Doge in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1. Ryall appeared briefly as an old soldier in the BBC Drama Our Girl starring Lacey Turner, in 2013. He was also cast in the BBC Drama The Village, as Old Bert, Britain 's oldest man who recounts his long life through a series of flashbacks. Ryall 's last appearance was in Call the Midwife, where he played Tommy Mills. This episode was aired on BBC One on 1 March 2015 and was dedicated to his memory in the closing credits. Personal life Ryall had one son and two daughters : Jonathan Ryall ( born 1966 ), who was the manager of the Australian band Glide ; Imogen Ryall ( born 1967 ), who is a singer and Charlie Ryall ( born 1986 ), who is also an actor. Ryall died on 25 December 2014 aged 79. Filmography The Dance of Death ( 1969 ) - Sentry Black Joy ( 1977 ) - Buthcer Love for Lydia ( 1977 ) - Bretherton Bless Me, Father ( 1978 ) - Billy Buzzle The Knowledge ( 1979 ) - Titanic The Elephant Man ( 1980 ) - Man With Whores Fords on Water ( 1983 ) - Mister Jack Jack the Ripper ( 1988 ) - Bowyer The Woman in Black ( 1989 ) - Sweetman Wilt ( 1990 ) - Rev. Froude Truly, Madly, Deeply ( 1990 ) - George The Russia House ( 1990 ) - Colonial Type Shuttlecock ( 1993 ) - Pound Justice ( 1993 ) - English Minister Black Beauty ( 1994 ) - Carriagemaker Giorgino ( 1994 ) - Professor Beaumont Carrington ( 1995 ) - Mayor Restoration ( 1995 ) - Lord Bathurst Mad Cows ( 1999 ) - Man outside Harrods Unconditional Love ( 2002 ) - Funeral Director Two Men Went to War ( 2002 ) - Winston Churchill Blackball ( 2003 ) - Giles Wilton Around the World in 80 Days ( 2004 ) - Lord Salisbury The League of Gentlemen 's Apocalypse ( 2005 ) - Tom Tit City of Ember ( 2008 ) - Chief Builder Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1 ( 2010 ) - Elphias Doge Hysteria ( 2011 ) - Judge Trollied ( 2011 - 2012, TV Series ) - Vic Quartet ( 2012 ) - Harry Mr. Turner ( 2014 ) - Footman Autómata ( 2014 ) - Dominic Hawk Call the Midwife season 4, episode 7 ( 2015 ) - Tommy Mills ( final appearance ) References ^ Jump up to : David Ryall Obituary in The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2014 Jump up ^ ITN Source Archived 9 January 2013 at WebCite ^ Jump up to : Stevens, Christopher ( 2010 ). Born Brilliant : The Life of Kenneth Williams. John Murray. p. 306. ISBN 1 - 84854 - 195 - 3. ^ Jump up to : `` Harry Potter actor David Ryall dies aged 79 ''. bbc.com. 28 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` Harry Potter, The Village and Outnumbered star David Ryall has died ''. radiotimes.com. 27 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` David Ryall - obituary ''. telegraph.co.uk. 27 December 2014. External links David Ryall on IMDb GND : 1061288978 ISNI : 0000 0003 7184 4836 LCCN : no2011177983 VIAF : 201902848 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Ryall&oldid=856536295 '' Categories : 1935 births 2014 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English male film actors English male television actors 20th - century English male actors 21st - century English male actors People from Shoreham - by - Sea Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links EngvarB from November 2013 Use dmy dates from November 2013 Articles needing additional references from December 2014 All articles needing additional references Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Simple English Suomi 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2018, at 22 : 49 ( UTC ). 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Question: who did david ryall play in call the midwife
Answer: Tommy Mills