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.

Filmography

• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2000The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter — Various (archive footage)
• 1985Alice in Wonderland — King (voice)
• Alice in Wonderland — King of Hearts
• 1985The Moon Over Soho — Max von Konigsberg
• 1985Water — Sir Malcolm Leveridge
• 1984Dog Ends — Arthur
• 1984The Life and Death of King John — King John
• Tripper's Day — Norman Tripper
• 1983The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — Reginald Perrin
• 1982Britannia Hospital — Vincent Potter
• 1982The Funny Side of Christmas — Reginald Perrin
• 1982Trail of the Pink Panther — Superintendant Quinlan
• 1981The Factory — Harry Meadows
• 1980Rising Damp — Rigsby
• 1979Le Petomane — Monsieur Joseph Pujol
• The Perishers — Boot (voice)
• 1978Fearless Frank
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — King John
• The Losers
• 1978The Waterloo Bridge Handicap — Charles Barker
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Frank Harris
• The Galton & Simpson Playhouse — Jim
• 1976Machinegunner — Cyril Dugdale
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — Reginald 'Reggie' Iolanthe Perrin
• 1976The Pink Panther Strikes Again — Quinlan
• 1976Voyage of the Damned — Commander von Bonin
• 1975After the Solo — Dawson
• Arena
• 1975Barry Lyndon — Captain Quin
• 1974If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them — The Blind Man
• 1974Luther — Brother Weinand
• Masquerade — Leslie Lewis
• Rising Damp — Rigsby
• The Carnforth Practice — Aaros Boswell
• 1973After Loch Lomond — Mickey Grant
• Play for Today — Arthur
• 1970The Italian Table — Mr. Jeffs
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — 'X'
• 1969Otley — Johnson
• 1969The Double Agent — Nikolai Krobnevsky
• 19682001: A Space Odyssey — Dr. Andrei Smyslov
• 1968Deadfall — Fillmore
• 1968Diamonds for Breakfast — Inspector Dudley
• 1968Oliver! — Sowerberry
• 1968The Fanatics — Voltaire
• 1968The Year of the Sex Olympics — Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
• 1967Deadlier Than the Male — Henry Bridgenorth
• 1967Drums Along The Avon — Mr. Marcus
• Half Hour Story — Owen
• ITV Playhouse — Fred Tomlinson, Nikolai Krobnevsky
• 1967The Whisperers — Assistance Board Officer
• Death is a Good Living
• 1966Hotel Paradiso — Inspector
• Out of Town Theatre — Man
• 1966The Devil's Eggshell — Prime Minister
• 1966The Witches — Dr. Wallis
• 1966The Wrong Box — Vyvyan Alistair Montague
• You Can't Win
• BBC Play of the Month — The Prime Minister, Colonel Lukyn
• 1965King Rat — McCoy
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Mike Schofield, Andrew, Sergeant Tax
• 1964A Jolly Bad Fellow — Dr. Fisher
• Redcap — Sergeant Rolfe
• 1964The Long Ships — Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
• The Wednesday Play — Mr. Marcus, Mr. Jeffs
• Theatre 625 — Doctor Knock, Fred Midway, François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire, Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest
• Thursday Theatre — Frank Broadbent
• 1963Billy Liar — Emanuel Shadrack
• Festival — Daudet
• 1963This Sporting Life — Phillips, Sports Writer
• 1962A Kind of Loving — Whymper
• Steptoe and Son — Johnny Spooner, Welsh Hughie
• Studio 4 — Gerard Moustier
• Z-Cars
• You Can't Win — Fenny

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great — Self (Archive footage)
• 1996'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter — Self