Leonard Rossiter
46 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 21, 1926
- Died
- Oct 5, 1984 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- Len Rossiter
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.
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Known for
Leonard Rossiter: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
- 1985 The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
- 1985 Alice in Wonderland
as King (voice)
- 1985
- 1985 Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
- 1984 The Life and Death of King John
as King John
- 1984
- 1984 Dog Ends
as Arthur
- 1983 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
- 1982 The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
- 1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
- 1982 Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
- 1981 The Factory
as Harry Meadows
- 1980 Rising Damp
as Rigsby
- 1979 Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
- 1979
- 1978 The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
- 1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
- 1976
- 1976 Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
- 1975 Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
- 1975 After the Solo
as Dawson
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
- 1974 Luther
as Brother Weinand
- 1973 After Loch Lomond
as Mickey Grant
- 1970
- 1970 The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
- 1969 The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
- 1969 Otley
as Johnson
- 1969
- 1968 Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
- 1968 Oliver!
as Sowerberry
- 1968 Deadfall
as Fillmore
- 1968 The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
- 1968 The Fanatics
as Voltaire
- 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
- 1967
- 1967 The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
- 1967 Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus
- 1967
- 1967 Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
- 1966 The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
- 1966 The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
- 1966
- 1966 Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
- 1965 King Rat
as McCoy
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Theatre 625 · TV
as Doctor Knock / Fred Midway / François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire / Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest · 4 episodes
- 1964 The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
- 1964 A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
- 1963
- 1963 Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
- 1963 This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
- 1962 A Kind of Loving
as Whymper
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2022
- 1996