Leonard Rossiter
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-10-21
Day of Death
1984-10-05 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Leonard Rossiter
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.
Known For
Acting
(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
(1985)
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
(1984)
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
(1984)
Dog Ends
as Arthur
(1983)
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
(1982)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
(1982)
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
(1981)
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
(1980)
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
(1979)
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
(1978)
(1978)
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
(1976)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
(1976)
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
(1976)
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
(1975)
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
(1975)
After the Solo
as Dawson
(1974)
Luther
as Brother Weinand
(1974)
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
(1970)
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
(1969)
Otley
as Johnson
(1969)
The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
(1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
(1968)
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
(1968)
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
(1968)
Deadfall
as Fillmore
(1968)
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
(1967)
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
(1967)
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
(1967)
Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus
(1966)
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
(1966)
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
(1966)
Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
(1966)
The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
(1965)
King Rat
as McCoy
(1964)
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
(1964)
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
(1963)
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
(1963)
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
(1962)
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper