Leonard Rossiter
Acting • Born 1926-10-21 – Died 1984-10-05
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.
Filmography
73 credits
2001: A Space Odyssey
Movie • 1968
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Barry Lyndon
Movie • 1975
Captain Quin
Otley
Movie • 1969
Johnson
Deadlier Than the Male
Movie • 1967
Henry Bridgenorth
Rising Damp
Movie • 1980
Rigsby
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie • 1976
Quinlan
Billy Liar
Movie • 1963
Emanuel Shadrack
Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Vincent Potter
A Kind of Loving
Movie • 1962
Whymper
The Witches
Movie • 1966
Dr. Wallis
King Rat
Movie • 1965
McCoy
Drums Along The Avon
Movie • 1967
Mr. Marcus
Oliver!
Movie • 1968
Sowerberry
Deadfall
Movie • 1968
Fillmore
Water
Movie • 1985
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
The Long Ships
Movie • 1964
Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
Luther
Movie • 1974
Brother Weinand
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Movie • 1996
Self
Le Petomane
Movie • 1979
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Movie • 1968
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Hotel Paradiso
Movie • 1966
Inspector
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Movie • 1974
The Blind Man
Diamonds for Breakfast
Movie • 1968
Inspector Dudley
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
Movie • 2022
Self (Archive footage)
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Movie • 1964
Dr. Fisher
The Double Agent
Movie • 1969
Nikolai Krobnevsky
Fearless Frank
Movie • 1978
Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1982
Superintendant Quinlan
The Whisperers
Movie • 1967
Assistance Board Officer
Machinegunner
Movie • 1976
Cyril Dugdale
The Devil's Eggshell
Movie • 1966
Prime Minister
The Wrong Box
Movie • 1966
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
The Moon Over Soho
Movie • 1985
Max von Konigsberg
The Life and Death of King John
Movie • 1984
King John
Starry Night
Movie • 1999
Mr. Morganstern
This Sporting Life
Movie • 1963
Phillips, Sports Writer
Dog Ends
Movie • 1984
Arthur
Voyage of the Damned
Movie • 1976
Commander von Bonin
The Italian Table
Movie • 1970
Mr. Jeffs
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Movie • 2000
Various (archive footage)
After the Solo
Movie • 1975
Dawson
The Factory
Movie • 1981
Harry Meadows
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Movie • 1983
Reginald Perrin
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Movie • 1978
Charles Barker
After Loch Lomond
Movie
Mickey Grant
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie • 1982
Reginald Perrin
The Fanatics
Movie • 1968
Voltaire
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
TV • 1976
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Rising Damp
TV • 1974
Rigsby
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Losers
TV • 1978
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
The Prime Minister
You Can't Win
TV • 1966
Death is a Good Living
TV • 1966
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Colonel Lukyn
Alice in Wonderland
TV • 1985
King of Hearts
Steptoe and Son
TV • 1962
Johnny Spooner
Steptoe and Son
TV • 1962
Welsh Hughie
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Arthur
The Perishers
TV • 1979
Boot (voice)
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Frank Harris
Festival
TV • 1963
Daudet
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TV • 1977
Jim
Tripper's Day
TV • 1984
Norman Tripper
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Doctor Knock
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Fred Midway
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
Studio 4
TV • 1962
Gerard Moustier
The Carnforth Practice
TV • 1974
Aaros Boswell
Redcap
TV • 1964
Sergeant Rolfe