Acting credits
57
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Leonard Rossiter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 41Series: 16
TMDB ID: 249
IMDb ID: nm0744436
Known for: Acting
Born: October 21, 1926
Died: October 5, 1984
Age: 57
Place of birth: Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2022
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q967062
Also known as
Len Rossiter
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Leonard Rossiter.
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
as Self (Archive footage)
2022 Movie
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
as Various (archive footage)
2000 Movie
3.4
Starry Night
as Mr. Morganstern
1999 Movie
6.0
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
as Self
1996 Movie
The Moon Over Soho
as Max von Konigsberg
1985 Movie
5.9
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1985 Movie
7.0
The Life and Death of King John
as King John
1984 Movie
Dog Ends
as Arthur
1984 Movie
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald Perrin
1983 Movie
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Reginald Perrin
1982 Movie
5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
1982 Movie
6.2
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
1982 Movie
The Factory
as Harry Meadows
1981 Movie
5.5
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1980 Movie
5.3
Le Petomane
as Monsieur Joseph Pujol
1979 Movie
Fearless Frank
1978 Movie
6.0
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
1976 Movie
6.9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
1976 Movie
5.0
Machinegunner
as Cyril Dugdale
1976 Movie
8.0
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
1975 Movie
After the Solo
as Dawson
1975 Movie
5.6
Luther
as Brother Weinand
1974 Movie
The Italian Table
as Mr. Jeffs
1970 Movie
6.2
Otley
as Johnson
1969 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Leonard Rossiter.
Alice in Wonderland
as King of Hearts • 5 eps
1985 Series
4.0
Tripper's Day
as Norman Tripper • 6 eps
1984 Series
5.5
The Perishers
as Boot (voice) • 20 eps
1979 Series
6.0
The Losers
6 eps
1978 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank Harris • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as Jim • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.0
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
28 eps
1976 Series
7.5
Rising Damp
as Rigsby • 28 eps
1974 Series
The Carnforth Practice
as Aaros Boswell • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.3
Play for Today
2 eps
1970 Series
You Can't Win
1 eps
1966 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as The Prime Minister • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.0
Redcap
1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Doctor Knock • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.8
Steptoe and Son
as Johnny Spooner • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
8 eps
1962 Series