Leonard Rossiter
Actor
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.
Filmography
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin 1975
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan 1976
Oliver!
as Sowerberry 1968
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan 1982
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack 1963
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer 1963
King Rat
as McCoy 1965
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin 1976
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter 1982
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis 1966
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague 1966
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited) 1964
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper 1962
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth 1967
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge 1985
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer 1967