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

Arena
1977
Play for Today
1975
BBC Play of the Month
1966
The Wednesday Play
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
Z-Cars
1963
Theatre 625
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1984
Thursday Theatre
1965

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
88
2022
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
as Self (Archive footage)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
1985
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1985
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
1985
Alice in Wonderland
as King (voice)
1985
Alice in Wonderland
as King of Hearts
1984
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
1984
Dog Ends
as Arthur
1984
Play for Today
as Arthur
1984
Tripper's Day
as Norman Tripper
1984
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as King John
1983
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
1982
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
1981
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
1980
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1979
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1979
The Perishers
as Boot (voice)
1978
Fearless Frank
1978
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
as Charles Barker
1978
The Losers
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank Harris
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Jim
1977
Arena
1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
1976
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
1975
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
1975
After the Solo
as Dawson
1975
Play for Today
1974
Luther
as Brother Weinand
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Blind Man
1974
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1974
The Carnforth Practice
as Aaros Boswell
1974
Masquerade
as Leslie Lewis
1973
After Loch Lomond
as Mickey Grant
1973
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Sergeant Tax
1972
BBC Play of the Month
as Colonel Lukyn
1972
Steptoe and Son
as Johnny Spooner
1970
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
1970
The Wednesday Play
as Mr. Jeffs
1969
Otley
as Johnson
1969
The Double Agent
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
1969
ITV Playhouse
as Nikolai Krobnevsky
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as 'X'
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
1968
Deadfall
as Fillmore
1968
The Year of the Sex Olympics
as Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Inspector Dudley
1968
The Fanatics
as Voltaire
1968
Theatre 625
as François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire
1968
Theatre 625
as Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
1968
Half Hour Story
as Owen
1968
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Andrew
1967
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
1967
Drums Along The Avon
as Mr. Marcus
1967
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Fred Tomlinson
1967
The Wednesday Play
as Mr. Marcus
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Mike Schofield
1967
Out of Town Theatre
as Man
1966
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
1966
Hotel Paradiso
as Inspector
1966
The Devil's Eggshell
as Prime Minister
1966
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as The Prime Minister
1966
You Can't Win
1966
Death is a Good Living
1966
Theatre 625
as Doctor Knock
1966
Theatre 625
as Fred Midway
1965
King Rat
as McCoy
1965
Thursday Theatre
as Frank Broadbent
1964
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Fisher
1964
Steptoe and Son
as Welsh Hughie
1964
Festival
as Daudet
1964
Redcap
as Sergeant Rolfe
1963
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
1963
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
1963
Z-Cars
1962
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper
1962
Studio 4
as Gerard Moustier
1961
You Can't Win
as Fenny