Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

Actor Oct 21 (died age 57) Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK 1962–2022 (60 year career)

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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.

Known For

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr. Andrei Smyslov

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

Captain Quin

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Quinlan

Oliver!

Oliver!

Sowerberry

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

Phillips, Sports Writer

Billy Liar

Billy Liar

Emanuel Shadrack

King Rat

King Rat

McCoy

Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

Superintendant Quinlan

Filmography

Acting (68)

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Movies (48)

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

as Self (Archive footage)

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

as Various (archive footage)

Starry Night

Starry Night

as Mr. Morganstern

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

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

as Self

Water

Water

as Sir Malcolm Leveridge

The Moon Over Soho

The Moon Over Soho

as Max von Konigsberg

Dog Ends

Dog Ends

as Arthur

The Life and Death of King John

The Life and Death of King John

as King John

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

as Reginald Perrin

Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Superintendant Quinlan

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

as Vincent Potter

The Funny Side of Christmas

The Funny Side of Christmas

as Reginald Perrin

The Factory

The Factory

as Harry Meadows

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

as Rigsby

Le Petomane

Le Petomane

as Monsieur Joseph Pujol

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap

as Charles Barker

Fearless Frank

Fearless Frank

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Quinlan

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

as Commander von Bonin

Machinegunner

Machinegunner

as Cyril Dugdale

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

as Captain Quin

After the Solo

After the Solo

as Dawson

Luther

Luther

as Brother Weinand

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

as The Blind Man

The Italian Table

The Italian Table

as Mr. Jeffs

Otley

Otley

as Johnson

The Double Agent

as Nikolai Krobnevsky

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

as Dr. Andrei Smyslov

Oliver!

Oliver!

as Sowerberry

Diamonds for Breakfast

Diamonds for Breakfast

as Inspector Dudley

Deadfall

Deadfall

as Fillmore

The Year of the Sex Olympics

The Year of the Sex Olympics

as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

The Fanatics

as Voltaire

Drums Along The Avon

Drums Along The Avon

as Mr. Marcus

Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male

as Henry Bridgenorth

The Whisperers

The Whisperers

as Assistance Board Officer

The Witches

The Witches

as Dr. Wallis

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

as Vyvyan Alistair Montague

The Devil's Eggshell

as Prime Minister

Hotel Paradiso

Hotel Paradiso

as Inspector

King Rat

King Rat

as McCoy

A Jolly Bad Fellow

A Jolly Bad Fellow

as Dr. Fisher

The Long Ships

The Long Ships

as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

as Phillips, Sports Writer

Billy Liar

Billy Liar

as Emanuel Shadrack

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

as Whymper

After Loch Lomond

as Mickey Grant