
Leonard Rossiter
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.
Filmography

The Carnforth Practice
1974 · 10.0

Drums Along The Avon
1967 · 10.0
The Fanatics
1968 · 9.0

2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · 8.0

Barry Lyndon
1975 · 8.0
Festival
1963 · 8.0

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · 8.0

Redcap
1964 · 8.0
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978 · 8.0

The Avengers
1961 · 7.8

Steptoe and Son
1962 · 7.8

Half Hour Story
1967 · 7.5
Studio 4
1962 · 7.5

Rising Damp
1974 · 7.4

Z-Cars
1962 · 7.3

The Life and Death of King John
1984 · 7.3

Arena
1975 · 7.2

Theatre 625
1964 · 7.2

King Rat
1965 · 7.1

A Kind of Loving
1962 · 7.1

ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · 7.0

Oliver!
1968 · 7.0

This Sporting Life
1963 · 7.0

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000 · 7.0
The Devil's Eggshell
1966 · 7.0

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · 6.9

Billy Liar
1963 · 6.8

Play for Today
1970 · 6.6
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · 6.5

The Whisperers
1967 · 6.5

The Wrong Box
1966 · 6.4

The Losers
1978 · 6.3

Otley
1969 · 6.3

Britannia Hospital
1982 · 6.2

Diamonds for Breakfast
1968 · 6.2

Water
1985 · 6.1

The Long Ships
1964 · 6.1

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · 6.0

Voyage of the Damned
1976 · 6.0

Machinegunner
1976 · 6.0

The Witches
1966 · 6.0

Hotel Paradiso
1966 · 6.0

Luther
1974 · 6.0

Le Petomane
1979 · 6.0

Deadlier Than the Male
1967 · 5.8

Tripper's Day
1984 · 5.5

The Perishers
1979 · 5.5

Rising Damp
1980 · 5.5

Deadfall
1968 · 5.4

The Wednesday Play
1964 · 5.2

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2

The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968 · 5.2

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · 5.1

A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964 · 5.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · 4.2
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974 · 1.0
Thursday Theatre
1964 · 0.0
Out of Town Theatre
1966 · 0.0

Great Comedy Moments
2001 · 0.0
You Can't Win
1961 · 0.0

You Can't Win
1966 · 0.0
Masquerade
1974 · 0.0

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · 0.0
Death is a Good Living
1966 · 0.0

Alice in Wonderland
1985 · 0.0

Alice in Wonderland
1985 · 0.0

The Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · 0.0

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983 · 0.0

Fearless Frank
1978 · 0.0

The Moon Over Soho
1985 · 0.0

Dog Ends
1984 · 0.0
After Loch Lomond
1973 · 0.0
The Double Agent
1969 · 0.0