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)
2005
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter as Various (archive footage)
1996
1985
- Water as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
- Alice in Wonderland as King of Hearts
- Alice in Wonderland as King (voice)
- The Moon Over Soho as Max von Konigsberg
1984
- Tripper's Day as Norman Tripper
- Dog Ends as Arthur
- The Life and Death of King John as King John
1983
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as Reginald Perrin
1982
- Trail of the Pink Panther as Superintendant Quinlan
- Britannia Hospital as Vincent Potter
- 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
- The BBC Television Shakespeare as King John
- The Losers
- Fearless Frank
- The Waterloo Bridge Handicap as Charles Barker
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Frank Harris
- The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Jim
1976
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again as Quinlan
- Voyage of the Damned as Commander von Bonin
- Machinegunner as Cyril Dugdale
1975
- Barry Lyndon as Captain Quin
- After the Solo as Dawson
1974
- Rising Damp as Rigsby
- The Carnforth Practice as Aaros Boswell
- Masquerade as Leslie Lewis
- Luther as Brother Weinand
- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them as The Blind Man
1973
- After Loch Lomond as Mickey Grant
1970
- Play for Today
- The Italian Table as Mr. Jeffs
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as 'X'
- Otley as Johnson
- The Double Agent as Nikolai Krobnevsky
1968
- 2001: A Space Odyssey as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
- Oliver! as Sowerberry
- The Fanatics as Voltaire
- Deadfall as Fillmore
- The Year of the Sex Olympics as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
- Diamonds for Breakfast as Inspector Dudley
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Fred Tomlinson
- Half Hour Story as Owen
- The Whisperers as Assistance Board Officer
- Deadlier Than the Male as Henry Bridgenorth
- Drums Along The Avon as Mr. Marcus
1966
- The Wrong Box as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
- You Can't Win
- The Witches as Dr. Wallis
- 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
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Mike Schofield
- King Rat as McCoy
1964
- Theatre 625 as Doctor Knock
- The Wednesday Play as Mr. Marcus
- Redcap as Sergeant Rolfe
- Thursday Theatre as Frank Broadbent
- The Long Ships as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
- A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Fisher
1963
- Festival as Daudet
- Billy Liar as Emanuel Shadrack
- This Sporting Life as Phillips, Sports Writer
1962
- Z-Cars
- Steptoe and Son as Johnny Spooner
- Studio 4 as Gerard Moustier
- A Kind of Loving as Whymper
1961
- You Can't Win as Fenny