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Leonard Rossiter

Acting · Born October 21, 1926 · 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.

Movies with Leonard Rossiter

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Dr. Andrei Smyslov
• Barry Lyndon (1975) — Captain Quin
• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) — Superintendant Quinlan
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — Quinlan
• Voyage of the Damned (1976) — Commander von Bonin
• Oliver! (1968) — Sowerberry
• A Kind of Loving (1962) — Whymper
• Deadlier Than the Male (1967) — Henry Bridgenorth
• The Long Ships (1964) — Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Vyvyan Alistair Montague
• Britannia Hospital (1982) — Vincent Potter
• Rising Damp (1980) — Rigsby

TV shows with Leonard Rossiter

• Z-Cars (1962)
• Rising Damp (1974) — Rigsby
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976) — Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
• Tripper's Day (1984) — Norman Tripper
• The Perishers (1979) — Boot (voice)
• Alice in Wonderland (1985) — King of Hearts