Leonard Rossiter

Born: 1926-10-21, Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

Died: 1984-10-05

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.

Filmography

• The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• Z-Cars (1962)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• Steptoe and Son (1962)
• Redcap (1964)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• Rising Damp (1974)
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
• Oliver! (1968)
• Voyage of the Damned (1976)
• King Rat (1965)
• Machinegunner (1976)
• Billy Liar (1963)
• The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
• The Carnforth Practice (1974)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• The Long Ships (1964)
• This Sporting Life (1963)
• Britannia Hospital (1982)
• After the Solo (1975)
• The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
• The Life and Death of King John (1984)
• The Whisperers (1967)
• The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)