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Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

Birthday: 1926-10-21 | Place of Birth: Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Rossiter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1986
Water

as    Sir Malcolm Leveridge

1982
Britannia Hospital

as    Vincent Potter

1980
Rising Damp

as    Rigsby

1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as    Quinlan

1974
Rising Damp

as    Rigsby

1969
Otley

as    Johnson

1968
2001: A Space Odyssey

as    Dr. Andrei Smyslov

1968
Deadfall

as    Fillmore

1967
Deadlier Than the Male

as    Henry Bridgenorth

1966
The Witches

as    Dr. Wallis

1965
King Rat

as    McCoy

1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow

as    Dr. Fisher

1963
Billy Liar

as    Emanuel Shadrack