
Leonard Rossiter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 21, 1926
- Died
- October 5, 1984 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
Movie · as Self (Archive footage)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Reginald Perrin / Johnny Spooner (archive footage)

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Movie · as Various (archive footage)

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Movie · as Self

Water
Movie · as Sir Malcolm Leveridge

The Moon Over Soho
Movie · as Max von Konigsberg

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as King (voice)

Alice in Wonderland
TV · as King of Hearts · 5 eps

The Life and Death of King John
Movie · as King John

Dog Ends
Movie · as Arthur

Tripper's Day
TV · as Norman Tripper · 6 eps

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Movie · as Reginald Perrin

Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Vincent Potter

Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Superintendant Quinlan

The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie · as Reginald Perrin

The Factory
Movie · as Harry Meadows

Rising Damp
Movie · as Rigsby

Le Petomane
Movie · as Monsieur Joseph Pujol

The Perishers
TV · as Boot (voice) · 20 eps

Fearless Frank
Movie
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Movie · as Charles Barker

The Losers
TV · 6 eps

The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as King John · 1 ep

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Frank Harris · 1 ep

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TV · as Jim · 1 ep

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie · as Quinlan

Machinegunner
Movie · as Cyril Dugdale

Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Commander von Bonin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
TV · as Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin · 21 eps

Barry Lyndon
Movie · as Captain Quin

After the Solo
Movie · as Dawson

Arena
TV · 1 ep

Luther
Movie · as Brother Weinand
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Movie · as The Blind Man

Rising Damp
TV · as Rigsby · 28 eps

The Carnforth Practice
TV · as Aaros Boswell · 1 ep
Masquerade
TV · as Leslie Lewis · 1 ep
After Loch Lomond
Movie · as Mickey Grant

The Italian Table
Movie · as Mr. Jeffs

Play for Today
TV · as Arthur · 2 eps

Otley
Movie · as Johnson
The Double Agent
Movie · as Nikolai Krobnevsky

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as 'X' · 1 ep

2001: A Space Odyssey
Movie · as Dr. Andrei Smyslov

Oliver!
Movie · as Sowerberry

Deadfall
Movie · as Fillmore

The Year of the Sex Olympics
Movie · as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

Diamonds for Breakfast
Movie · as Inspector Dudley
The Fanatics
Movie · as Voltaire

Deadlier Than the Male
Movie · as Henry Bridgenorth

Drums Along The Avon
Movie · as Mr. Marcus

The Whisperers
Movie · as Assistance Board Officer

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Fred Tomlinson, Nikolai Krobnevsky · 1 ep

Half Hour Story
TV · as Owen · 1 ep

The Witches
Movie · as Dr. Wallis

Hotel Paradiso
Movie · as Inspector
The Devil's Eggshell
Movie · as Prime Minister

The Wrong Box
Movie · as Vyvyan Alistair Montague

You Can't Win
TV · 1 ep
Death is a Good Living
TV · 4 eps
Out of Town Theatre
TV · as Man · 1 ep

King Rat
Movie · as McCoy

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as The Prime Minister, Colonel Lukyn · 1 ep

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Mike Schofield, Andrew, Sergeant Tax · 1 ep

The Long Ships
Movie · as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)

A Jolly Bad Fellow
Movie · as Dr. Fisher

Theatre 625
TV · as Doctor Knock, Fred Midway, François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire, Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest · 1 ep

Redcap
TV · as Sergeant Rolfe · 1 ep

The Wednesday Play
TV · as Mr. Marcus, Mr. Jeffs · 1 ep
Thursday Theatre
TV · as Frank Broadbent · 1 ep

Billy Liar
Movie · as Emanuel Shadrack

This Sporting Life
Movie · as Phillips, Sports Writer
Festival
TV · as Daudet · 1 ep

A Kind of Loving
Movie · as Whymper

Z-Cars
TV · 8 eps

Steptoe and Son
TV · as Johnny Spooner, Welsh Hughie · 1 ep
Studio 4
TV · as Gerard Moustier · 1 ep
You Can't Win
TV · as Fenny · 1 ep

The Avengers
TV · as Robin Hood · 1 ep


