Leonard Rossiter
Acting
Born October 21, 1926 · Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Known For · 40 titles
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
The Wednesday Play
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
BBC2 Play of the Week
2001: A Space Odyssey
Z-Cars
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Thursday Theatre
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Festival
Studio 4
Steptoe and Son
Rising Damp
Barry Lyndon
Redcap
Half Hour Story
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Oliver!
Trail of the Pink Panther
Voyage of the Damned
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Perishers
Tripper's Day
Britannia Hospital
Deadfall
You Can't Win
The Long Ships
Rising Damp
The Carnforth Practice
Out of Town Theatre
The Wrong Box
Masquerade
Alice in Wonderland
You Can't Win
Billy Liar
Deadlier Than the Male