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.
69 acting credits
Acting · 69
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Z-Cars
1962
Theatre 625
1964
ITV Playhouse
1967
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
Festival
1963
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Barry Lyndon
1975
Rising Damp
1974
Studio 4
1962
Steptoe and Son
1962
Redcap
1964
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
Oliver!
1968
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
Water
1985
King Rat
1965
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
The Carnforth Practice
1974
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Britannia Hospital
1982
Billy Liar
1963
You Can't Win
1966
Deadfall
1968
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Long Ships
1964
Deadlier Than the Male
1967
The Wrong Box
1966
The Witches
1966
Tripper's Day
1984
Otley
1969
Machinegunner
1976
This Sporting Life
1963
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Losers
1978
The Whisperers
1967
The Life and Death of King John
1984
The Perishers
1979
Luther
1974
Hotel Paradiso
1966
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
A Kind of Loving
1962
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
Le Petomane
1979
Rising Damp
1980
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Death is a Good Living
1966
The Double Agent
1969
The Devil's Eggshell
1966
After the Solo
1975
Dog Ends
1984
The Moon Over Soho
1985
The Factory
1981
The Fanatics
1968
The Italian Table
1970
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
Drums Along The Avon
1967
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
After Loch Lomond
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Fearless Frank
1978
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022