Actor
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 | Self (Archive footage)
2000 -- The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Various (archive footage)
1999 -- Starry Night | Mr. Morganstern
1996 -- 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter | Self
1985 -- The Moon Over Soho | Max von Konigsberg
1985 -- Water | Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1984 -- The Life and Death of King John | King John
1984 -- Dog Ends | Arthur
1983 -- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Reginald Perrin
1982 -- Trail of the Pink Panther | Superintendant Quinlan
1982 -- Britannia Hospital | Vincent Potter
1981 -- The Factory | Harry Meadows
1980 -- Rising Damp | Rigsby
1979 -- Le Petomane | Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1978 -- The Waterloo Bridge Handicap | Charles Barker
1978 -- Fearless Frank |
1976 -- Voyage of the Damned | Commander von Bonin
1976 -- The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Quinlan
1976 -- Machinegunner | Cyril Dugdale
1975 -- Barry Lyndon | Captain Quin
1975 -- After the Solo | Dawson
1974 -- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | The Blind Man
1974 -- Luther | Brother Weinand
1970 -- The Italian Table | Mr. Jeffs
1969 -- The Double Agent | Nikolai Krobnevsky
1969 -- Otley | Johnson
1968 -- Diamonds for Breakfast | Inspector Dudley
1968 -- Oliver! | Sowerberry
1968 -- Deadfall | Fillmore
1968 -- The Year of the Sex Olympics | Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1968 -- 2001: A Space Odyssey | Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1967 -- The Whisperers | Assistance Board Officer
1967 -- Drums Along The Avon | Mr. Marcus
1967 -- Deadlier Than the Male | Henry Bridgenorth
1966 -- The Witches | Dr. Wallis
1966 -- The Devil's Eggshell | Prime Minister
1966 -- The Wrong Box | Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966 -- Hotel Paradiso | Inspector
1965 -- King Rat | McCoy
1964 -- The Long Ships | Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964 -- A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Fisher
1963 -- Billy Liar | Emanuel Shadrack
1963 -- This Sporting Life | Phillips, Sports Writer
1962 -- A Kind of Loving | Whymper
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