
Leonard Rossiter
Known for: Acting
Born: October 21, 1926
Died: October 5, 1984
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

Rising Damp
1980

Drums Along The Avon
1967

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996

Le Petomane
1979

The Year of the Sex Olympics
1968
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022
The Double Agent
1969

Fearless Frank
1978

Machinegunner
1976
The Devil's Eggshell
1966

The Moon Over Soho
1985

The Life and Death of King John
1984

Dog Ends
1984

The Italian Table
1970

After the Solo
1975

The Factory
1981

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
After Loch Lomond
1973

Britannia Hospital
1982

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
The Fanatics
1968

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976

Water
1985

Otley
1969

Luther
1974

2001: A Space Odyssey
1968

Diamonds for Breakfast
1968

A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964

King Rat
1965

Deadlier Than the Male
1967

Billy Liar
1963

The Witches
1966

Deadfall
1968

Oliver!
1968

Trail of the Pink Panther
1982

This Sporting Life
1963

Hotel Paradiso
1966

Barry Lyndon
1975

A Kind of Loving
1962

Alice in Wonderland
1985

The Long Ships
1964

The Funny Side of Christmas
1982

The Whisperers
1967

The Wrong Box
1966

Voyage of the Damned
1976

Z-Cars
1962

Rising Damp
1974

Play for Today
1970

The Losers
1978

BBC Play of the Month
1965

You Can't Win
1966
Death is a Good Living
1966

Alice in Wonderland
1985

Steptoe and Son
1962

The Perishers
1979

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Festival
1963

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977

Tripper's Day
1984

Theatre 625
1964
Studio 4
1962

The Carnforth Practice
1974

Redcap
1964

ITV Playhouse
1967

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

Half Hour Story
1967

The Wednesday Play
1964
Thursday Theatre
1964
You Can't Win
1961

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Masquerade
1974
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005