Leonard Rossiter
Acting · Born 1926-10-21 · age 57 at death · 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.
Titles
2001: A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Oliver!
Trail of the Pink Panther
Billy Liar
This Sporting Life
King Rat
Britannia Hospital
Voyage of the Damned
The Wrong Box
The Long Ships
The Witches
A Kind of Loving
Deadlier Than the Male
Water
Steptoe and Son
The Whisperers
Deadfall
Rising Damp
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Otley
Rising Damp
Hotel Paradiso
Play for Today
Luther
Diamonds for Breakfast
BBC Play of the Month
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Z-Cars
Le Petomane
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Theatre 625
The Year of the Sex Olympics
The Wednesday Play
Tripper's Day
A Jolly Bad Fellow
The Life and Death of King John
ITV Playhouse
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Losers
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
Redcap
Studio 4
Half Hour Story
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Machinegunner
The Perishers
Drums Along The Avon
The Factory
The Carnforth Practice
The Fanatics
Festival
The Devil's Eggshell
The Italian Table
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
BBC2 Play of the Week
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Fearless Frank
The Moon Over Soho