Cast
Leonard Rossiter
Acting
Cast
Leonard Rossiter
Known for
Acting
Born
1926-10-21
From
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Died
1984-10-05
Also known as Len 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.
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
King Rat
as McCoy
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
After the Solo
as Dawson
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
Deadfall
as Fillmore
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Otley
as Johnson
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
Luther
as Brother Weinand
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
as Self (Archive footage)
The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
Alice in Wonderland
as King (voice)
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper
The Fanatics
as Voltaire
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
Fearless Frank
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
Dog Ends
as Arthur
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
After Loch Lomond
as Mickey Grant
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus