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Leonard Rossiter was an English actor. He had a long career in the theatre but achieved his greatest fame for his television comedy roles, most notably starring as Rupert Rigsby in the ITV series Rising Damp from 1974 to 1980, and Reginald Perrin in the BBC's The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin from 1976 to 1979.
Born
Thursday, 21 October 1926
Died
Friday, 05 October 1984
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This Is Joan Collins | Self | 2022 |
| The Cars That Made Britain Great | Self | 2016 |
| Rising Damp Forever | Self / Rigsby | 2016 |
| Kubrick Remembered | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Show Me the Telly | Rigsby | 2013 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Rigsby | 2004 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Storyteller, Jackanory (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Starry Night | Mr. Morganstern | 1999 |
| Water | Sir Malcolm / Sir Malcolm Leveridge | 1985 |
| The Life and Death of King John | King John | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| This Is Joan Collins | Self | 2022 |
| The Cars That Made Britain Great | Self | 2016 |
| Rising Damp Forever | Self / Rigsby | 2016 |
| Kubrick Remembered | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Show Me the Telly | Rigsby | 2013 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Rigsby | 2004 |
| Timeshift | Himself - Storyteller, Jackanory (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Starry Night | Mr. Morganstern | 1999 |
| Water | Sir Malcolm / Sir Malcolm Leveridge | 1985 |
| The Life and Death of King John | King John | 1984 |
| Trail of the Pink Panther | Superintendant Quinlan | 1982 |
| Britannia Hospital | Vincent Potter: Administration / Vincent Potter | 1982 |
| The Russell Harty Show | Self | 1980 |
| Rising Damp | Rigsby | 1980 |
| Le Petomane | Monsieur Joseph Pujol | 1979 |
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Hits | Self | 1979 |
| The Perishers | Boot | 1979 |
| Give Us a Clue | Self - Panellist | 1979 |
| The Losers | Sydney Foskett | 1978 |
| Song by Song | Self - Music Performer | 1977 |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Jim | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Commander Von Bonin | 1976 |
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Quinlan | 1976 |
| The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Reginald Perrin | 1976 |
| Machinegunner | Cyril Dugdale | 1976 |
| Barry Lyndon | Capt. John Quin | 1975 |
| Celebrity Squares | Self | 1975 |
| Rising Damp | Rigsby | 1974 |
| If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | The Blind Man | 1974 |
| Luther | Brother Weinand | 1974 |
| After Loch Lomond | Mickey Grant | 1973 |
| Thick as Thieves | Eddie | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Harry Meadows / Dawson / Arthur | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Harry / 'X' | 1969 |
| Diamonds for Breakfast | Inspector Dudley | 1968 |
| Otley | Johnston / Johnson | 1968 |
| Oliver! | Sowerberry | 1968 |
| Deadfall | Fillmore | 1968 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Dr. Andrei Smyslov | 1968 |
| The Year Of The Sex Olympics | Co-ordinator Ugo Priest | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Fred Tomlinson / Nikolai Krobnevsky | 1967 |
| The Whisperers | Assistance Board Officer | 1967 |
| The Revenue Men | Ormerod | 1967 |
| Deadlier Than the Male | Bridgenorth / Henry Bridgenorth | 1967 |
| The Witches | Dr. Wallis | 1966 |
| The Wrong Box | Vyvyan Alistair Montague | 1966 |
| Death Is a Good Living | Norman Lynch | 1966 |
| Hotel Paradiso | Inspector | 1966 |
| King Rat | McCoy | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Colonel Lukyn / The Prime Minister | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Andrew / Mike Schofield / Sergeant Tax | 1965 |
| Redcap | Sgt. Rolfe | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Mr. Marcus / Mr. Jeffs | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest / Dr. Knock / Fred Midway / Voltaire | 1964 |
| The Long Ships | Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword To Prove Loyalty | 1964 |
| They All Died Laughing | Dr. Fisher | 1964 |
| Billy Liar | Emanuel Shadrack | 1963 |
| Maupassant | Emile Vallin | 1963 |
| Love Story | Sgt. 'Tubby' Watson | 1963 |
| This Sporting Life | Phillips / Phillips, Sports Writer | 1963 |
| A Kind of Loving | Whymper | 1962 |
| Studio 4 | Gerard Moustier | 1962 |
| Steptoe and Son | Welsh Hughie / Johnny Spooner | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Smithy | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Robin Hood | 1961 |
| Into The Net | Dennis | 1958 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Leslie Harmon / Man / Patrick / Robert Bailey | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | William Acton / Harry | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
