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