Leonard Rossiter
Acting
🎂 1926-10-21
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.
Cast credits(65)
1970
Arthur
1970
1962
The Prime Minister
1965
Colonel Lukyn
1965
King John
1978
1976
Frank Harris
1977
Johnny Spooner
1962
Welsh Hughie
1962
Gerard Moustier
1962
1964
Rigsby
1974
1984
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
1974
1977
King of Hearts
1985
1966
Captain Quin
1975
Boot (voice)
1979
Sowerberry
1968
Superintendant Quinlan
1982
Quinlan
1976
Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964
McCoy
1965
Henry Bridgenorth
1967
Commander von Bonin
1976
1966
Emanuel Shadrack
1963
Vincent Potter
1982
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966
Mr. Morganstern
1999
Phillips, Sports Writer
1963
1978
Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1985
Fillmore
1968
Dr. Wallis
1966
Assistance Board Officer
1967
Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1968
Inspector Dudley
1968
Whymper
1962
Johnson
1969
Prime Minister
1966
Brother Weinand
1974
King John
1984
Rigsby
1980
1978
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1979
Max von Konigsberg
1985
Inspector
1966
Cyril Dugdale
1976
Reginald Perrin
1983
The Blind Man
1974
Dawson
1975
Harry Meadows
1981
Nikolai Krobnevsky
1969
Arthur
1984
Dr. Fisher
1964
Mr. Jeffs
1970
Various (archive footage)
2000
Self
1996
Charles Barker
1978
Mr. Marcus
1967
Self (Archive footage)
2022