Leonard Rossiter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-10-21 (58 years old)

Deathday

1984-10-05

Place of Birth

Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

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.

Acting

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

as Dr. Andrei Smyslov

1975

Barry Lyndon

as Captain Quin

1969

Otley

as Johnson

1967

Deadlier Than the Male

as Henry Bridgenorth

1980

Rising Damp

as Rigsby

1963

Billy Liar

as Emanuel Shadrack

1982

Britannia Hospital

as Vincent Potter

1962

1966

The Witches

as Dr. Wallis

1965

King Rat

as McCoy

1967

1968

Oliver!

as Sowerberry

1968

Deadfall

as Fillmore

1985

Water

as Sir Malcolm Leveridge

1964

The Long Ships

as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)

1974

Luther

as Brother Weinand

1979

Le Petomane

as Monsieur Joseph Pujol

1968

The Year of the Sex Olympics

as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

1966

Hotel Paradiso

as Inspector

1968

Diamonds for Breakfast

as Inspector Dudley

2022

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

as Self (Archive footage)

1964

A Jolly Bad Fellow

as Dr. Fisher

1969

The Double Agent

as Nikolai Krobnevsky

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Superintendant Quinlan

1967

The Whisperers

as Assistance Board Officer

1976

Machinegunner

as Cyril Dugdale

1966

The Devil's Eggshell

as Prime Minister

1966

The Wrong Box

as Vyvyan Alistair Montague

1985

The Moon Over Soho

as Max von Konigsberg

1999

Starry Night

as Mr. Morganstern

1963

This Sporting Life

as Phillips, Sports Writer

1984

Dog Ends

as Arthur

1976

Voyage of the Damned

as Commander von Bonin

1970

The Italian Table

as Mr. Jeffs

2000

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

as Various (archive footage)

1975

1981

The Factory

as Harry Meadows

1978

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After Loch Lomond

as Mickey Grant

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