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
Popularity
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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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TV Show
Play for Today
1970 • 2 episodes
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BBC Play of the Month
The Prime Minister
1965 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Z-Cars
1962 • 8 episodes
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Theatre 625
Doctor Knock
1964 • 1 episode
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
'X'
1969 • 1 episode
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The Wednesday Play
Mr. Marcus
1964 • 1 episode
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ITV Playhouse
Fred Tomlinson
1967 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mike Schofield
1965 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The BBC Television Shakespeare
King John
1978 • 1 episode
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TV Show
BBC2 Play of the Week
Frank Harris
1977 • 1 episode
TV Show
Thursday Theatre
Frank Broadbent
1964 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Rising Damp
Rigsby
1974 • 28 episodes
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TV Show
Festival
Daudet
1963 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Studio 4
Gerard Moustier
1962 • 1 episode
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Movie
Barry Lyndon
Captain Quin
1975
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Movie
Deadfall
Fillmore
1968
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Movie
Voyage of the Damned
Commander von Bonin
1976
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TV Show
Half Hour Story
Owen
1967 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Steptoe and Son
Johnny Spooner
1962 • 1 episode