Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter (57)

1926-10-21 - 1984-10-05 | Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

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.

On Movies

  • Starry Night
  • Water
  • The Life and Death of King John
  • Dog Ends
  • The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  • Trail of the Pink Panther
  • Britannia Hospital
  • The Factory
  • Rising Damp
  • The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
  • Fearless Frank
  • Voyage of the Damned
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again
  • Machinegunner
  • Barry Lyndon
  • After the Solo
  • If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
  • Luther
  • The Italian Table
  • Otley
  • Diamonds for Breakfast
  • Oliver!
  • Deadfall
  • The Year of the Sex Olympics
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Whisperers
  • Drums Along The Avon
  • Deadlier Than the Male
  • The Witches
  • The Devil's Eggshell
  • The Wrong Box
  • Hotel Paradiso
  • King Rat
  • The Long Ships
  • A Jolly Bad Fellow
  • Billy Liar
  • This Sporting Life
  • A Kind of Loving

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