Leonard Rossiter

DOB: 1926-10-21

DOD: 1984-10-05

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.

Starred In

1975
Movie

Barry Lyndon

1969
Movie

Otley

1980
Movie

Rising Damp

1963
Movie

Billy Liar

1982
Movie

Britannia Hospital

1962
Movie

A Kind of Loving

1966
Movie

The Witches

1965
Movie

King Rat

1968
Movie

Oliver!

1968
Movie

Deadfall

1985
Movie

Water

1964
Movie

The Long Ships

1974
Movie

Luther

1979
Movie

Le Petomane

1966
Movie

Hotel Paradiso

1964
Movie

A Jolly Bad Fellow

1969
Movie

The Double Agent

1978
Movie

Fearless Frank

1967
Movie

The Whisperers

1976
Movie

Machinegunner

1966
Movie

The Wrong Box

1985
Movie

The Moon Over Soho

1999
Movie

Starry Night

1963
Movie

This Sporting Life

1984
Movie

Dog Ends

1970
Movie

The Italian Table

1975
Movie

After the Solo

1981
Movie

The Factory

1962
Tv

Z-Cars

1974
Tv

Rising Damp

1964
Tv

Redcap

1978
Tv

The Losers

1984
Tv

Tripper's Day

1962
Tv

Studio Four

1966
Tv

You Can't Win

1979
Tv

The Perishers

1963
Tv

Festival