Leonard Rossiter
Acting
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.
As actor 77
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
Z-Cars
1962
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
ITV Playhouse
1967
Theatre 625
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Barry Lyndon
1975
Thursday Theatre
1964
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Steptoe and Son
1962
Redcap
1964
Studio 4
1962
Festival
1963
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
Rising Damp
1974
Half Hour Story
1967
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Oliver!
1968
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Machinegunner
1976
The Perishers
1979
King Rat
1965
Rising Damp
1980
The Wrong Box
1966
The Carnforth Practice
1974
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Long Ships
1964
Deadlier Than the Male
1967
Billy Liar
1963
Tripper's Day
1984
The Witches
1966
This Sporting Life
1963
Deadfall
1968
Water
1985
Britannia Hospital
1982
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
The Fanatics
1968
Masquerade
1974
You Can't Win
1966
Out of Town Theatre
1966
Otley
1969
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
You Can't Win
1961
The Losers
1978
After the Solo
1975
Death is a Good Living
1966
A Kind of Loving
1962
The Whisperers
1967
Hotel Paradiso
1966
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
Fearless Frank
1978
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
The Life and Death of King John
1984
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
The Factory
1981
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Luther
1974
The Italian Table
1970
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
Drums Along The Avon
1967
Le Petomane
1979
Dog Ends
1984
The Devil's Eggshell
1966
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022
The Double Agent
1969
The Moon Over Soho
1985
After Loch Lomond
1973
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000