
Leonard Rossiter
47Movies
8.1 Best Rating
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great | Self (Archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2000 | The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter | Various (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1999 | Starry Night | Mr. Morganstern | FLOP | |
| 1996 | 'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter | Self | FLOP | |
| 1985 | The Moon Over Soho | Max von Konigsberg | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Water | Sir Malcolm Leveridge | FLOP | |
| 1984 | The Life and Death of King John | King John | HIT | |
| 1984 | Dog Ends | Arthur | FLOP | |
| 1983 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Reginald Perrin | FLOP | |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of Christmas | Reginald Perrin | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Superintendant Quinlan | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Vincent Potter | FLOP | |
| 1981 | The Factory | Harry Meadows | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Rigsby | FLOP | |
| 1979 | Le Petomane | Monsieur Joseph Pujol | FLOP | |
| 1978 | The Waterloo Bridge Handicap | Charles Barker | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Fearless Frank | - | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Commander von Bonin | FLOP | |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Quinlan | HIT | |
| 1976 | Machinegunner | Cyril Dugdale | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | Captain Quin | HIT | |
| 1975 | After the Solo | Dawson | FLOP | |
| 1974 | If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them | The Blind Man | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Luther | Brother Weinand | FLOP | |
| 1970 | The Italian Table | Mr. Jeffs | FLOP | |
| N/A | After Loch Lomond | Mickey Grant | FLOP | |
| 1969 | The Double Agent | Nikolai Krobnevsky | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Otley | Johnson | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Diamonds for Breakfast | Inspector Dudley | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Oliver! | Sowerberry | HIT | |
| 1968 | Deadfall | Fillmore | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Year of the Sex Olympics | Co-ordinator Ugo Priest | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Fanatics | Voltaire | FLOP | |
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Dr. Andrei Smyslov | HIT | |
| 1967 | The Whisperers | Assistance Board Officer | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Drums Along The Avon | Mr. Marcus | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Deadlier Than the Male | Henry Bridgenorth | FLOP | |
| 1966 | The Witches | Dr. Wallis | FLOP | |
| 1966 | The Devil's Eggshell | Prime Minister | FLOP | |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Vyvyan Alistair Montague | HIT | |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Inspector | FLOP | |
| 1965 | King Rat | McCoy | HIT | |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited) | FLOP | |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Fisher | FLOP | |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | Emanuel Shadrack | HIT | |
| 1963 | This Sporting Life | Phillips, Sports Writer | HIT | |
| 1962 | A Kind of Loving | Whymper | HIT |




