Leonard Rossiter
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.
Acting
Movie
2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Andrei Smyslov
1968
Movie
Barry Lyndon
as Captain Quin
1975
Movie
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Quinlan
1976
Movie
Oliver!
as Sowerberry
1968
Movie
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Superintendant Quinlan
1982
Movie
Billy Liar
as Emanuel Shadrack
1963
Movie
This Sporting Life
as Phillips, Sports Writer
1963
Movie
King Rat
as McCoy
1965
Movie
Voyage of the Damned
as Commander von Bonin
1976
Movie
Britannia Hospital
as Vincent Potter
1982
Movie
The Wrong Box
as Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966
Movie
The Long Ships
as Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964
Movie
The Witches
as Dr. Wallis
1966
Movie
A Kind of Loving
as Whymper
1962
Movie
Deadlier Than the Male
as Henry Bridgenorth
1967
Movie
Water
as Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1985
TV
Steptoe and Son
as Johnny Spooner
1962
TV
Steptoe and Son
as Welsh Hughie
1962
Movie
The Whisperers
as Assistance Board Officer
1967
Movie
Deadfall
as Fillmore
1968
TV
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1974
TV
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
1976
Movie
Otley
as Johnson
1969
Movie
Rising Damp
as Rigsby
1980