- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 21, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
- Died
- October 5, 1984
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor known for his roles as Rupert Rigsby, in the British comedy television series Rising Damp (1974–78), and Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79). He also had a long and distinguished career in the theatre and gained some notoriety for a series of Cinzano commercials (1978–1983), with Joan Collins.
Filmography
movieLeonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022 · Self (Archive footage)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000 · Various (archive footage)
movie'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996 · Self
movieThe Moon Over Soho
1985 · Max von Konigsberg
movieAlice in Wonderland
1985 · King (voice)
tvAlice in Wonderland
1985 · King of Hearts
movieWater
1985 · Sir Malcolm Leveridge
movieThe Life and Death of King John
1984 · King John
tvTripper's Day
1984 · Norman Tripper
movieDog Ends
1984 · Arthur
movieThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983 · Reginald Perrin
movieThe Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · Reginald Perrin
movieTrail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Superintendant Quinlan
movieBritannia Hospital
1982 · Vincent Potter
movieThe Factory
1981 · Harry Meadows
movieRising Damp
1980 · Rigsby
movieLe Petomane
1979 · Monsieur Joseph Pujol
tvThe Perishers
1979 · Boot (voice)
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978 · Charles Barker
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · King John
tvThe Losers
1978
movieFearless Frank
1978
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Frank Harris
tvThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · Jim
movieVoyage of the Damned
1976 · Commander von Bonin
movieThe Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Quinlan
tvThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
movieMachinegunner
1976 · Cyril Dugdale
movieBarry Lyndon
1975 · Captain Quin
movieAfter the Solo
1975 · Dawson
tvRising Damp
1974 · Rigsby
Masquerade
1974 · Leslie Lewis
tvThe Carnforth Practice
1974 · Aaros Boswell
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974 · The Blind Man
movieLuther
1974 · Brother Weinand
After Loch Lomond
1973 · Mickey Grant
tvPlay for Today
1970 · , Arthur
movieThe Italian Table
1970 · Mr. Jeffs
The Double Agent
1969 · Nikolai Krobnevsky
movieOtley
1969 · Johnson
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 'X'
movieDiamonds for Breakfast
1968 · Inspector Dudley
movieOliver!
1968 · Sowerberry
movieDeadfall
1968 · Fillmore
movieThe Year of the Sex Olympics
1968 · Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
The Fanatics
1968 · Voltaire
movie2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Dr. Andrei Smyslov
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Fred Tomlinson, Nikolai Krobnevsky
movieThe Whisperers
1967 · Assistance Board Officer
movieDrums Along The Avon
1967 · Mr. Marcus
tvHalf Hour Story
1967 · Owen
movieDeadlier Than the Male
1967 · Henry Bridgenorth
movieThe Witches
1966 · Dr. Wallis
Out of Town Theatre
1966 · Man
tvYou Can't Win
1966
The Devil's Eggshell
1966 · Prime Minister
movieThe Wrong Box
1966 · Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Death is a Good Living
1966
movieHotel Paradiso
1966 · Inspector
movieKing Rat
1965 · McCoy
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · The Prime Minister, Colonel Lukyn
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Mike Schofield, Andrew, Sergeant Tax
tvRedcap
1964 · Sergeant Rolfe
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Frank Broadbent
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Mr. Marcus, Mr. Jeffs
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Doctor Knock, Fred Midway, François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire, Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
movieThe Long Ships
1964 · Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
movieA Jolly Bad Fellow
1964 · Dr. Fisher
Festival
1963 · Daudet
movieBilly Liar
1963 · Emanuel Shadrack
movieThis Sporting Life
1963 · Phillips, Sports Writer
movieA Kind of Loving
1962 · Whymper
Studio 4
1962 · Gerard Moustier
tvSteptoe and Son
1962 · Johnny Spooner, Welsh Hughie
tvZ-Cars
1962
You Can't Win
1961 · Fenny