Not just Harry Potter.There has already been quite a response from friends and fans, including Rayall’s extensive UK TV credits included the BBC’s The Singing Detective in the mid-1980s and roles on such staple Brit series as Prime Suspect, The Return Of Shelley, The Borrowers, Foyle’s War and most recently the BBC’s Outnumbered and The Village. 27 December 2014; Digital Spy - Movie News; Harry Potter star David Ryall passed away on Christmas Day (December 25), aged 79. Read Next: Alan Parker Was a Director Who Could Be Slick, Seductive…and an Artist British character actor David Ryall has passed away at the age of 79. Not just Harry Potter.The actor’s career spans more than five decades and covers film, TV and theater. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/david-ryall-dead-discover-harry-4882874
Sherlock writer and star Mark Gatiss revealed the news by tweeting his sadness at the passing of his colleague. (Pic: BBC) Some sad news from the weekend just past, as it’s been announced that the British actor David Ryall, best known for playing Elphias Doge in the Harry Potter films, passed away on Christmas Day.
Veteran British character actor David Ryall, who’s best known to mainstream American audiences as “Harry Potter’s” Elphias Doge, died on Christmas Day. David Ryall in Outnumbered. His character was a … Veteran British character actor David Ryall, most recognizable to American audiences as Harry Potter’s Elphias Doge, died on Christmas Day, Variety reports.
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Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Millennium Films released it in the U.S. in October.It’s a hard time of year to lose someone, so I can only hope that everyone involved has some sort of peace. He is best remembered by American audiences as Elphias Doge in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows Pt. According to IMBb, his most recent project was the Gabe Ibanez-directed sci-fi thriller Automata which starred Antonio Banderas. British character actor David Ryall has passed away at the age of 79. Veteran British character actor David Ryall, who’s best known to mainstream American audiences as ““Sherlock” writer and actor Mark Gatiss tweeted the sad news on Saturday.The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. Sherlock writer and actor Mark Gattis tweeted the sad news yesterday. In the latter series he played Old Bert, who serves as town patriarch and narrator in the series about life in a Derbyshire village in the early 1900s.On the feature side, Ryall’s credits included 2008’s City Of Ember, Deathly Hallows Part I, 2011’s Hysteria starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and this year’s Mr. Turner starring Timothy Spall, playing a footman. RIP.Please take a moment to remember his huge five-decade-spanning career outside of the more well-known TV & film. He was 79. The star who was perhaps best known for playing Elphias Doge in the 2010 Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 1 … His movie credits include 2008’s “City of Ember,” 2004’s “Around the World in 80 Days” and 1980’s “The Elephant Man.”Ryall replaced Peter Cartwright as Elphias Doge in 2010’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.” His character was a close friend of Albus Dumbledore in addition to being a Ministry of Magic jurist and an Order of the Phoenix member.Most recently, he was perhaps best known on the small screen as Frank — the grandfather who suffers from dementia — in the BBC comedy “Outnumbered.”His television roles also include that of Britain’s oldest man in BBC’s “The Village” and Mr. Hall in writer Dennis Potter’s “The Singing Detective.” He appeared in Andrew Davies’ adaptation of “House of Cards” (not the Netflix original series), the British sitcom “Goodnight Sweetheart” and ITV’s “Midsomer Murders.”Ryall began his career on the stage before becoming a familiar face on British TV.The actor joined Laurence Olivier’s company with the National Theatre at a young age, during which time he was involved with several influential plays, including Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.” His work at the National Theatre also included “Guys and Dolls,” “The Beggar’s Opera” and “Animal Farm.”Ryall is survived by his son, music manager Jonathan Ryall, and two daughters, singer Imogen Ryall and actress Charlie Ryall.