Leonard Rossiter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Rossiter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 21, 1926 In Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 53
- First Appeared:
- In the movie After Loch Lomond
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter 2000-09-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | After Loch Lomond | Mickey Grant | 2026 |
| Movie | The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Various (archive footage) | 2000-09-25 |
| Movie | Starry Night | Mr. Morganstern | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Moon Over Soho | Max von Konigsberg | 1985-08-18 |
| Movie | Water | Sir Malcolm Leveridge | 1985-01-11 |
| Movie | Dog Ends | Arthur | 1984-07-17 |
| Series | Tripper's Day | Norman Tripper | 1984-09-24 |
| Movie | The Life and Death of King John | King John | 1984-11-24 |
| Movie | Trail of the Pink Panther | Superintendant Quinlan | 1982-12-03 |
| Movie | Britannia Hospital | Vincent Potter | 1982-05-27 |
| Movie | Rising Damp | Rigsby | 1980-05-03 |
| Movie | Le Petomane | Monsieur Joseph Pujol | 1979-12-31 |
| Movie | Fearless Frank | 1978-10-04 | |
| Series | The Losers | 1978-11-12 | |
| Series | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Series | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Unknown | 1977-02-17 |
| Movie | Machinegunner | Cyril Dugdale | 1976-04-01 |
| Movie | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Quinlan | 1976-12-15 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Commander von Bonin | 1976-12-22 |
| Series | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | 1976-09-08 | |
| Movie | Barry Lyndon | Captain Quin | 1975-12-18 |
| Movie | After the Solo | Dawson | 1975-11-25 |
| Movie | Luther | Brother Weinand | 1974-01-21 |
| Movie | If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | The Blind Man | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | The Carnforth Practice | Unknown | 1974-04-21 |
| Series | Rising Damp | Rigsby | 1974-09-02 |
| Movie | The Italian Table | Mr. Jeffs | 1970-02-18 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Movie | Otley | Johnson | 1969-03-11 |
| Movie | The Year of the Sex Olympics | Co-ordinator Ugo Priest | 1968-07-29 |
| Movie | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Dr. Andrei Smyslov | 1968-04-02 |
| Movie | Oliver! | Sowerberry | 1968-09-26 |
| Movie | Diamonds for Breakfast | Inspector Dudley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Deadfall | Fillmore | 1968-09-11 |
| Movie | Deadlier Than the Male | Henry Bridgenorth | 1967-02-12 |
| Movie | The Whisperers | Assistance Board Officer | 1967-07-18 |
| Movie | The Wrong Box | Vyvyan Alistair Montague | 1966-06-19 |
| Movie | Hotel Paradiso | Inspector | 1966-03-01 |
| Series | Death is a Good Living | 1966-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Witches | Dr. Wallis | 1966-11-21 |
| Movie | The Devil's Eggshell | Prime Minister | 1966-06-28 |
| Series | You Can't Win | Unknown | 1966-07-07 |
| Series | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Unknown | 1965-10-07 |
| Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | King Rat | McCoy | 1965-10-27 |
| Movie | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Fisher | 1964-03-15 |
| Movie | The Long Ships | Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited) | 1964-04-22 |
| Series | Redcap | Unknown | 1964-10-17 |
| Movie | Billy Liar | Emanuel Shadrack | 1963-08-15 |
| Movie | This Sporting Life | Phillips, Sports Writer | 1963-02-07 |
| Series | Z-Cars | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
| Movie | A Kind of Loving | Whymper | 1962-04-12 |
| Series | Studio Four | Unknown | 1962-01-22 |