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Leonard Rossiter

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: Acting

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

Died: 1984-10-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	A Kind of Loving	Whymper	70
2	1963	This Sporting Life	Phillips, Sports Writer	70
3	1963	Billy Liar	Emanuel Shadrack	69
4	1964	A Jolly Bad Fellow	Dr. Fisher	55
5	1964	The Long Ships	Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)	61
6	1965	King Rat	McCoy	71
7	1966	Hotel Paradiso	Inspector	54
8	1966	The Wrong Box	Vyvyan Alistair Montague	65
9	1966	The Devil's Eggshell	Prime Minister	0
10	1966	The Witches	Dr. Wallis	61
11	1967	Deadlier Than the Male	Henry Bridgenorth	59
12	1967	Drums Along The Avon	Mr. Marcus	0
13	1967	The Whisperers	Assistance Board Officer	64
14	1968	2001: A Space Odyssey	Dr. Andrei Smyslov	81
15	1968	The Year of the Sex Olympics	Co-ordinator Ugo Priest	53
16	1968	Deadfall	Fillmore	54
17	1968	Oliver!	Sowerberry	70
18	1968	Diamonds for Breakfast	Inspector Dudley	58
19	1969	Otley	Johnson	62
20	1969	The Double Agent	Nikolai Krobnevsky	0
21	1970	The Italian Table	Mr. Jeffs	0
22	1974	Luther	Brother Weinand	56
23	1974	If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them	The Blind Man	10
24	1975	After the Solo	Dawson	0
25	1975	Barry Lyndon	Captain Quin	80
26	1976	Machinegunner	Cyril Dugdale	0
27	1976	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	Quinlan	69
28	1976	Voyage of the Damned	Commander von Bonin	59
29	1978	Fearless Frank		0
30	1978	The Waterloo Bridge Handicap	Charles Barker	60
31	1979	Le Petomane	Monsieur Joseph Pujol	52
32	1980	Rising Damp	Rigsby	55
33	1981	The Factory	Harry Meadows	0
34	1982	Britannia Hospital	Vincent Potter	63
35	1982	Trail of the Pink Panther	Superintendant Quinlan	52
36	1983	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin	Reginald Perrin	0
37	1984	Dog Ends	Arthur	0
38	1984	The Life and Death of King John	King John	70
39	1985	Water	Sir Malcolm Leveridge	59
40	1985	The Moon Over Soho	Max von Konigsberg	0
41	1996	'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter	Self	60
42	1999	Starry Night	Mr. Morganstern	38
43	2000	The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter	Various (archive footage)	0
44	2022	Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great	Self (Archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Z-Cars		70
2	1962	Steptoe and Son	Johnny Spooner	78
3	1962	Steptoe and Son	Welsh Hughie	78
4	1962	Studio Four	Gerard Moustier	60
5	1964	Redcap		60
6	1965	BBC Play of the Month	The Prime Minister	50
7	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Colonel Lukyn	50
8	1966	Death is a Good Living		0
9	1966	You Can't Win		0
10	1970	Play for Today		63
11	1970	Play for Today	Arthur	63
12	1974	The Carnforth Practice		0
13	1974	Rising Damp	Rigsby	75
14	1976	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin		80
15	1977	The Galton & Simpson Playhouse		0
16	1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Frank Harris	70
17	1978	The Losers		60
18	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	King John	60
19	1979	The Perishers	Boot (voice)	55
20	1984	Tripper's Day		30
21	1985	Alice in Wonderland	King of Hearts	0