Leonard Rossiter
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Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Appearances
8.1
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
8.0
Barry Lyndon
Captain Quin
6.3
Otley
Johnson
5.9
Deadlier Than the Male
Henry Bridgenorth
5.6
Rising Damp
Rigsby
6.9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Quinlan
6.8
Billy Liar
Emanuel Shadrack
6.3
Britannia Hospital
Vincent Potter
7.1
A Kind of Loving
Whymper
6.0
The Witches
Dr. Wallis
7.1
King Rat
McCoy
10.0
Drums Along The Avon
Mr. Marcus
7.0
Oliver!
Sowerberry
5.5
Deadfall
Fillmore
6.0
Water
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
6.1
The Long Ships
Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
6.0
Luther
Brother Weinand
6.0
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
Self
5.9
Le Petomane
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
5.2
The Year of the Sex Olympics
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
6.0
Hotel Paradiso
Inspector
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1.0
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Blind Man
6.2
Diamonds for Breakfast
Inspector Dudley
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
Self (Archive footage)
5.0
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Dr. Fisher
The Double Agent
The Double Agent
Nikolai Krobnevsky
Fearless Frank
5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
Superintendant Quinlan
6.5
The Whisperers
Assistance Board Officer
6.0
Machinegunner
Cyril Dugdale
The Devil's Eggshell
7.0
The Devil's Eggshell
Prime Minister
6.4
The Wrong Box
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
The Moon Over Soho
Max von Konigsberg
7.3
The Life and Death of King John
King John
4.5
Starry Night
Mr. Morganstern
7.0
This Sporting Life
Phillips, Sports Writer
Dog Ends
Arthur
6.0
Voyage of the Damned
Commander von Bonin
7.0
The Italian Table
Mr. Jeffs
7.0
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
Various (archive footage)
After the Solo
Dawson
10.0
The Factory
Harry Meadows
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Reginald Perrin
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
8.0
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Charles Barker
After Loch Lomond
After Loch Lomond
Mickey Grant
The Funny Side of Christmas
Reginald Perrin
The Fanatics
9.0
The Fanatics
Voltaire
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
King (voice)
7.3
Z-Cars
7.5
Rising Damp
Rigsby
6.6
Play for Today
6.3
The Losers
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
The Prime Minister
You Can't Win
Death is a Good Living
Death is a Good Living
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
Colonel Lukyn
Alice in Wonderland
King of Hearts
7.8
Steptoe and Son
Johnny Spooner
7.8
Steptoe and Son
Welsh Hughie
6.6
Play for Today
Arthur
5.5
The Perishers
Boot (voice)
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
Frank Harris
Festival
8.0
Festival
Daudet
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Jim
5.5
Tripper's Day
Norman Tripper
7.2
Theatre 625
Doctor Knock
7.2
Theatre 625
Fred Midway
7.2
Theatre 625
François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire
7.2
Theatre 625
Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
Studio 4
7.5
Studio 4
Gerard Moustier
10.0
The Carnforth Practice
Aaros Boswell
8.0
Redcap
Sergeant Rolfe
7.0
ITV Playhouse
Fred Tomlinson
7.0
ITV Playhouse
Nikolai Krobnevsky
8.0
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
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