Leonard Rossiter

Personal Info

Birthday

October 21, 1926

Day of Death

1984-10-05

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

Len Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

Biography

Leonard Rossiter 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

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month

2001: A Space Odyssey

Steptoe and Son

Barry Lyndon

BBC2 Play of the Week

Rising Damp

Trail of the Pink Panther

Filmography

2022
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
as Self (Archive footage)
2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
1999
Starry Night
as Mr. Morganstern
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
1985
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1984
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
Dog Ends
as Arthur
1983
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
1981
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
1979
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1978
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
1975
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
After the Solo
as Dawson
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
Luther
as Brother Weinand
1970
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
1969
The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
Otley
as Johnson
1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
Deadfall
as Fillmore
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1967
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
1966
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
1965
King Rat
as McCoy
1964
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
1963
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
1962
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper