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