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Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

1926-10-21

Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

ACTING

Biography

Leonard Rossiter 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.

Best known for:

2001: A Space Odyssey

Barry Lyndon

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Oliver!

Trail of the Pink Panther

Billy Liar

This Sporting Life

King Rat

Voyage of the Damned

Britannia Hospital

The Witches

The Wrong Box

A Kind of Loving

The Long Ships

Deadlier Than the Male

Steptoe and Son

Water

The Whisperers

Rising Damp

Deadfall

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Otley

Rising Damp

Hotel Paradiso

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Filmography:

Steptoe and Son (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Johnny Spooner, Welsh Hughie
A Kind of Loving (1962)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Whymper
This Sporting Life (1963)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Phillips, Sports Writer
Billy Liar (1963)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Emanuel Shadrack
Festival (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Daudet
The Long Ships (1964)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Fisher
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
The Prime Minister, Colonel Lukyn

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King Rat (1965)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
McCoy
The Witches (1966)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Wallis
The Wrong Box (1966)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Inspector
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
4.5
APPEREAD AS:
Henry Bridgenorth
The Whisperers (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Assistance Board Officer
Drums Along The Avon (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Marcus
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7.9
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Andrei Smyslov

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Oliver! (1968)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Sowerberry
Deadfall (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Fillmore
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Inspector Dudley
Otley (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Johnson
The Italian Table (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Jeffs
Rising Damp (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Rigsby
Luther (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Brother Weinand
Barry Lyndon (1975)
7.3
APPEREAD AS:
Captain Quin
After the Solo (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Dawson
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
5.5
APPEREAD AS:
Quinlan
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
4.6
APPEREAD AS:
Commander von Bonin
Machinegunner (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Cyril Dugdale
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Jim
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Frank Harris
The Perishers (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Boot (voice)
Le Petomane (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
Rising Damp (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Rigsby
The Factory (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Harry Meadows
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
3.7
APPEREAD AS:
Superintendant Quinlan
Britannia Hospital (1982)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Vincent Potter
The Funny Side of Christmas (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Reginald Perrin
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Reginald Perrin
The Life and Death of King John (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
King John
Dog Ends (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Arthur
Water (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
King of Hearts
The Moon Over Soho (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Max von Konigsberg
Starry Night (1999)
APPEREAD AS:
Mr. Morganstern
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Various (archive footage)