Leonard Rossiter
Acting Born Oct 21, 1926 Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Play for Today (1970)
- Play for Today (1970) as Arthur
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as The Prime Minister
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Colonel Lukyn
- Z-Cars (1962)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Mike Schofield
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Andrew
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Doctor Knock
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Fred Midway
- Theatre 625 (1964) as François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Fred Tomlinson
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Nikolai Krobnevsky
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Mr. Marcus
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Mr. Jeffs
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as 'X'
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Frank Harris
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as King John
- Festival (1963) as Daudet
- Barry Lyndon (1975) as Captain Quin
- Rising Damp (1974) as Rigsby
- Steptoe and Son (1962) as Johnny Spooner
- Steptoe and Son (1962) as Welsh Hughie