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
Also known As
Len Rossiter
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
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1975
as Captain Quin
1969
as Johnson
1967
as Henry Bridgenorth
1980
as Rigsby
1976
as Quinlan
1963
as Emanuel Shadrack
1982
as Vincent Potter
1962
as Whymper
1966
as Dr. Wallis
1965
as McCoy
1967
as Mr. Marcus
1968
as Sowerberry
1968
as Fillmore
1985
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1964
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1974
as Brother Weinand
1979
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1968
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1966
as Inspector
1974
as The Blind Man
1968
as Inspector Dudley
2022
as Self (Archive footage)
1964
as Dr. Fisher
1969
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
1978
1982
as Superintendant Quinlan
1967
as Assistance Board Officer
1976
as Cyril Dugdale
1966
as Prime Minister
1966
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1985
as Max von Konigsberg
1984
as King John
1999
as Mr. Morganstern
1963
as Phillips, Sports Writer
1984
as Arthur
1976
as Commander von Bonin
1970
as Mr. Jeffs
2000
as Various (archive footage)
1975
as Dawson
1981
as Harry Meadows
1983
as Reginald Perrin
1978
as Charles Barker
-
as Mickey Grant
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