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.

Known for

★8.0

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

★8.0

Barry Lyndon

1975

★6.9

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

★7.0

Oliver!

1968

★5.1

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

★6.8

Billy Liar

1963

★7.0

This Sporting Life

1963

★7.2

King Rat

1965

★6.0

Voyage of the Damned

1976

★6.2

Britannia Hospital

1982

★6.4

The Wrong Box

1966

★6.0

The Witches

1966

★6.1

The Long Ships

1964

★7.1

A Kind of Loving

1962

★5.9

Deadlier Than the Male

1967