Leonard Rossiter
Acteur·rice
21 octobre 1926
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Died 5 octobre 1984
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.
Known for
As an actor
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022 · Self (Archive footage)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000 · Various (archive footage)
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996 · Self
Water
1985 · Sir Malcolm Leveridge
The Moon Over Soho
1985 · Max von Konigsberg
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · King (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · King of Hearts
The Life and Death of King John
1984 · King John
Dog Ends
1984 · Arthur
Tripper's Day
1984 · Norman Tripper
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983 · Reginald Perrin
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Vincent Potter
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Superintendant Quinlan
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · Reginald Perrin
The Factory
1981 · Harry Meadows
Rising Damp
1980 · Rigsby
Le Petomane
1979 · Monsieur Joseph Pujol
The Perishers
1979 · Boot (voice)
Fearless Frank
1978
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978 · Charles Barker
The Losers
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · King John
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Frank Harris
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · Jim
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Quinlan
Machinegunner
1976 · Cyril Dugdale
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Commander von Bonin
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Captain Quin
After the Solo
1975 · Dawson
Luther
1974 · Brother Weinand
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974 · The Blind Man
Rising Damp
1974 · Rigsby
The Carnforth Practice
1974 · Aaros Boswell
Masquerade
1974 · Leslie Lewis
After Loch Lomond
1973 · Mickey Grant
The Italian Table
1970 · Mr. Jeffs
Play for Today
1970 · Arthur
Otley
1969 · Johnson
The Double Agent
1969 · Nikolai Krobnevsky
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 'X'
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Oliver!
1968 · Sowerberry
Deadfall
1968 · Fillmore
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968 · Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968 · Inspector Dudley
The Fanatics
1968 · Voltaire
Deadlier Than the Male
1967 · Henry Bridgenorth
Drums Along The Avon
1967 · Mr. Marcus
The Whisperers
1967 · Assistance Board Officer
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Fred Tomlinson, Nikolai Krobnevsky
Half Hour Story
1967 · Owen
The Witches
1966 · Dr. Wallis
Hotel Paradiso
1966 · Inspector
The Devil's Eggshell
1966 · Prime Minister
The Wrong Box
1966 · Vyvyan Alistair Montague
You Can't Win
1966
Death is a Good Living
1966
King Rat
1965 · McCoy
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · The Prime Minister, Colonel Lukyn
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Mike Schofield, Andrew, Sergeant Tax
The Long Ships
1964 · Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964 · Dr. Fisher
Theatre 625
1964 · Doctor Knock, Fred Midway, François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire, Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
Redcap
1964 · Sergeant Rolfe
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Mr. Marcus, Mr. Jeffs
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Frank Broadbent
Billy Liar
1963 · Emanuel Shadrack
This Sporting Life
1963 · Phillips, Sports Writer
Festival
1963 · Daudet
A Kind of Loving
1962 · Whymper
Z-Cars
1962
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Johnny Spooner, Welsh Hughie
Studio 4
1962 · Gerard Moustier
You Can't Win
1961 · Fenny