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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 21, 1926
Died
October 5, 1984
Place of Birth
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
- Len Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter
0.5 Popularity
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
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Self (Archive footage)
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
2022
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Various (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
2000
3.4
Mr. Morganstern
Starry Night
1999
6.0
Self
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1996
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Max von Konigsberg
The Moon Over Soho
1985
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King of Hearts
Alice in Wonderland
1985
5.9
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
Water
1985
7.0
King John
The Life and Death of King John
1984
3.0
Norman Tripper
Tripper's Day
1984
0.0
Arthur
Dog Ends
1984
Credits
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
as Self (Archive footage)
2022
0.0
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Starry Night
as Mr. Morganstern
1999
3.4
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
1996
6.0
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
1985
0.0
Alice in Wonderland
as King of Hearts
1985
0.0
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1985
5.9
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
1984
7.0
Tripper's Day
as Norman Tripper
1984
3.0
Dog Ends
as Arthur
1984
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
1983
0.0
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
1982
0.0
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
1982
5.2
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
1982
6.2
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
1981
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Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1980
5.5
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1979
5.3
The Perishers
as Boot (voice)
1979
5.5
🎬
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
1978
6.0
The Losers
1978
6.0
Fearless Frank
1978
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank Harris
1977
7.0
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Jim
1977
0.0
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
1976
6.0
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
1976
6.9
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976
8.0
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
1976
0.0
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
1975
8.0
After the Solo
as Dawson
1975
0.0
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1974
7.5
🎬
The Carnforth Practice
1974
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
1974
1.0
Luther
as Brother Weinand
1974
5.6
Play for Today
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Arthur
1970
6.3
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
1970
0.0
🎬
The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
1969
0.0
Otley
as Johnson
1969
6.2
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
1968
5.8
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
1968
7.0
Deadfall
as Fillmore
1968
5.3
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1968
4.3
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
8.1
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
1967
6.4
Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus
1967
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Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
1967
5.8
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
1966
6.0
You Can't Win
1966
0.0
🎬
The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
1966
0.0
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966
6.5
🎬
Death is a Good Living
1966
0.0
Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
1966
5.5
King Rat
as McCoy
1965
7.1
BBC Play of the Month
as The Prime Minister
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Colonel Lukyn
1965
5.0
Redcap
1964
6.0
Theatre 625
as Doctor Knock
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Fred Midway
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
1964
7.2
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964
6.0
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
1964
4.0
🎬
Festival
as Daudet
1963
8.0
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
1963
6.8
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
1963
7.0
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper
1962
7.0
🎬
Studio 4
as Gerard Moustier
1962
6.0
Steptoe and Son
as Johnny Spooner
1962
7.8
Steptoe and Son
as Welsh Hughie
1962
7.8
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
🎬
After Loch Lomond
as Mickey Grant
N/A
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