
Leonard Rossiter
Born October 21, 1926 · Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

2001: A Space Odyssey

Barry Lyndon

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Trail of the Pink Panther

Deadfall

Oliver!

Great Comedy Moments

Voyage of the Damned

Water

Deadlier Than the Male

After the Solo

The Wrong Box

Alice in Wonderland

King Rat

Rising Damp

The Long Ships

A Kind of Loving

Machinegunner

Otley

This Sporting Life
TV Shows

ITV Playhouse

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Arena

Theatre 625

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Steptoe and Son

BBC2 Play of the Week

Rising Damp

Half Hour Story

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Redcap

Tripper's Day

The Carnforth Practice

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

The Perishers

Alice in Wonderland

You Can't Win

The Losers
More Movies

Billy Liar

Britannia Hospital

The Year of the Sex Olympics

The Witches

The Funny Side of Christmas

Diamonds for Breakfast

Hotel Paradiso

Luther

The Life and Death of King John

Fearless Frank

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Whisperers

A Jolly Bad Fellow

Drums Along The Avon

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter

The Moon Over Soho

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

The Factory

Le Petomane

Dog Ends




