Leonard Rossiter

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

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr. Andrei Smyslov

Deadlier Than the Male

Henry Bridgenorth

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Emanuel Shadrack

Britannia Hospital

A Kind of Loving

Drums Along The Avon

Sir Malcolm Leveridge

Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)

Brother Weinand

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter

Monsieur Joseph Pujol

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Co-ordinator Ugo Priest

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

Diamonds for Breakfast

Inspector Dudley

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

Self (Archive footage)

A Jolly Bad Fellow

The Double Agent

Nikolai Krobnevsky

Trail of the Pink Panther

Superintendant Quinlan

Assistance Board Officer

The Devil's Eggshell

Vyvyan Alistair Montague

The Moon Over Soho

Max von Konigsberg

The Life and Death of King John

Mr. Morganstern

This Sporting Life

Phillips, Sports Writer

Voyage of the Damned

Commander von Bonin

The Italian Table

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter

Various (archive footage)

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Reginald Perrin

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap

After Loch Lomond

The Funny Side of Christmas

Reginald Perrin