Leonard Rossiter
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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
Credits
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Barry Lyndon (1975)
as Captain Quin
Rising Damp (1980)
as Rigsby
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
as Quinlan
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Commander von Bonin
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
as Superintendant Quinlan
Oliver! (1968)
as Sowerberry
Deadfall (1968)
as Fillmore
The Fanatics (1968)
as Voltaire
Machinegunner (1976)
as Cyril Dugdale
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
as Henry Bridgenorth
Water (1985)
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
The Long Ships (1964)
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Britannia Hospital (1982)
as Vincent Potter
A Kind of Loving (1962)
as Whymper
Billy Liar (1963)
as Emanuel Shadrack
King Rat (1965)
as McCoy
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
as King (voice)
After the Solo (1975)
as Dawson
Drums Along The Avon (1967)
as Mr. Marcus
The Witches (1966)
as Dr. Wallis
A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
as Dr. Fisher
Otley (1969)
as Johnson
This Sporting Life (1963)
as Phillips, Sports Writer
The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
as Reginald Perrin
Luther (1974)
as Brother Weinand
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great (2022)
as Self (Archive footage)
The Devil's Eggshell (1966)
as Prime Minister
The Moon Over Soho (1985)
as Max von Konigsberg
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
as Inspector
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1983)
as Reginald Perrin
The Whisperers (1967)
as Assistance Board Officer
The Life and Death of King John (1984)
as King John
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
as Inspector Dudley
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter (1996)
as Self
Dog Ends (1984)
as Arthur
Fearless Frank (1978)
Actor
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978)
as Charles Barker
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974)
as The Blind Man
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter (2000)
as Various (archive footage)
The Italian Table (1970)
as Mr. Jeffs
The Factory (1981)
as Harry Meadows
After Loch Lomond (1973)
as Mickey Grant
Le Petomane (1979)
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
The Double Agent (1969)
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
Great Comedy Moments (2001)
as Reginald Perrin / Johnny Spooner (archive footage)