Leonard Rossiter
Born in Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK — Oct 21 1926• Died Oct 05 1984
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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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Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
The Prime Minister
Theatre 625
Doctor Knock
Z-Cars
BBC2 Play of the Week
Frank Harris
Studio 4
Gerard Moustier
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Festival
Daudet
Redcap
Sergeant Rolfe
Rising Damp
Rigsby
Steptoe and Son
Johnny Spooner
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Barry Lyndon
Captain Quin
Oliver!
Sowerberry
ITV Playhouse
Fred Tomlinson
The Carnforth Practice
Aaros Boswell
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Quinlan
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Jim
Trail of the Pink Panther
Superintendant Quinlan
Tripper's Day
Norman Tripper
Deadfall
Fillmore
Water
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
You Can't Win
Alice in Wonderland
King of Hearts
The Long Ships
Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
Voyage of the Damned
Commander von Bonin
This Sporting Life
Phillips, Sports Writer
The Wrong Box
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
The Whisperers
Assistance Board Officer
The Witches
Dr. Wallis
King Rat
McCoy
Billy Liar
Emanuel Shadrack
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Kind of Loving
Whymper
Luther
Brother Weinand
Death is a Good Living
Deadlier Than the Male
Henry Bridgenorth
The Perishers
Boot (voice)
Britannia Hospital
Vincent Potter
Otley
Johnson
Dog Ends
Arthur
Diamonds for Breakfast
Inspector Dudley
Rising Damp
Rigsby
Hotel Paradiso
Inspector
The Life and Death of King John
King John
The Funny Side of Christmas
Reginald Perrin
Fearless Frank
The Moon Over Soho
Max von Konigsberg
Machinegunner
Cyril Dugdale
The Double Agent
Nikolai Krobnevsky
Starry Night
Mr. Morganstern
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Dr. Fisher
Le Petomane
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
The Factory
Harry Meadows
The Fanatics
Voltaire
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Reginald Perrin
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
The Devil's Eggshell
Prime Minister
The Losers
After the Solo
Dawson
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Various (archive footage)
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Blind Man
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
The Italian Table
Mr. Jeffs
Drums Along The Avon
Mr. Marcus
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Charles Barker
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
Self (Archive footage)
After Loch Lomond
Mickey Grant