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