Acting
Leonard Rossiter
Also Known As: Len Rossiter
Birth Date
October 21, 1926
Death Date
October 5, 1984
(passed away at 57)
Place of Birth
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
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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.
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Play for Today
1970 • 2 episodes
The Wednesday Play
Mr. Marcus
1964 • 1 episode
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
'X'
1969 • 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month
The Prime Minister
1965 • 1 episode
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mike Schofield
1965 • 1 episode
2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
ITV Playhouse
Fred Tomlinson
1967 • 1 episode
The BBC Television Shakespeare
King John
1978 • 1 episode
Z-Cars
1962 • 8 episodes
Theatre 625
Doctor Knock
1964 • 1 episode
Thursday Theatre
Frank Broadbent
1964 • 1 episode
Barry Lyndon
Captain Quin
1975
BBC2 Play of the Week
Frank Harris
1977 • 1 episode
Steptoe and Son
Johnny Spooner
1962 • 1 episode
Rising Damp
Rigsby
1974 • 28 episodes
Half Hour Story
Owen
1967 • 1 episode
Trail of the Pink Panther
Superintendant Quinlan
1982
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
1976 • 21 episodes
Studio 4
Gerard Moustier
1962 • 1 episode
Festival
Daudet
1963 • 1 episode