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Leonard Rossiter
Born: 21st Oct 1926 Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK - Died 5th Oct 1984
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 69
Film: 49 (71%)
Television: 20 (29%)
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Filmography
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Mickey Grant is the life and soul of the many coach trips he has taken. After his latest journey, he meets his travelling companions in a London stati ... view
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Mickey Grant
2022
A celebration of the actor's life and career, featuring contributions from friends, co-stars and fans including Don Warrington, Sue Nicholls and Mark ... view
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Self (Archive footage)
2005
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese. ... view
Character:
Reginald Perrin (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Various (archive footage)
1999
Vincent Van Gogh comes back to life after being the recipient of a magic potion. He finds that his work has become quite valuable, and begins stealing ... view
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Mr. Morganstern
1996
A compilation of the many characters played by Leonard Rossiter. ... view
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Self
1985
A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother. ... view
Character:
Max von Konigsberg
Mar 1985 (first aired)
Anglia Television's 5 episode adaption of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by the famous Da S ... view
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King of Hearts (5 ep.)
1985
Anglia Television's 5 episode TV miniseries adaption of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by ... view
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King (voice)
1985
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling com ... view
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Sir Malcolm Leveridge
1984
The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisi ... view
Character:
King John
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Tripper's Day is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV, starring Leonard Rossiter as a small London supermarket manager whose best in ... view
Character:
Norman Tripper (6 ep.)
1984
A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighb ... view
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Arthur
1983
46-year-old Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is suffering a midlife crisis and tries to escape his dreary life. ... view
Character:
Reginald Perrin
1982
Skits from: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"; "The Les Dawson Show"; "Yes Minister"; "Only Fools and Horses"; "Three of a Kind"; "Last of the Su ... view
Character:
Reginald Perrin
1982
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro ... view
Character:
Superintendant Quinlan
1982
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative ... view
Character:
Vincent Potter
1981
A factory's workforce is dwindling as divisions between the workers and management widen. ... view
Character:
Harry Meadows
1980
Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must ... view
Character:
Rigsby
1979
The incredibly true story of the legendary French entertainer Joseph Pujol, who performed impersonations with his self-described 'elastic anus' and a ... view
Character:
Monsieur Joseph Pujol
Mar 1979 (first aired)
Follows the adventures of a group of four children, Wellington, Marlon, Maisie and Baby Grumpling. Plus their intellectual dog, Boot. The series is ba ... view
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Boot (voice) (20 ep.)
1978
A commuter's race to catch a rush-hour train, narrated in the style of a horse race. ... view
Character:
Charles Barker
Nov 1978 (first aired)
The Losers is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1978. Written by Alan Coren, it stars Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina. The Losers was made for ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1978
The outrageous - and not entirely reliable - memoirs of Irish writer Frank Harris, sometime cowboy in the Old West, friend to the famous in the litera ... view
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Sep 1977 (first aired)
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979. ... view
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Frank Harris (1 ep.)
Feb 1977 (first aired)
A series of seven individual sitcom pilots from writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. ... view
Character:
Jim (1 ep.)
1976
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival. ... view
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Commander von Bonin
1976
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid ... view
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Quinlan
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after var ... view
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Unknown/various (28 ep.)
1976
A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector) turns amateur sleuth, but finds himself in hot water with local criminals. ... view
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Cyril Dugdale
1975
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Ba ... view
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Captain Quin
1975
"The voice will make its effect. And it will, undoubtedly, be very touching. But, tell me: after his voice has broken, can you make anything of him th ... view
Character:
Dawson
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants. ... view
Character:
Rigsby (28 ep.)
Apr 1974 (first aired)
A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District. ... view
Character:
Aaros Boswell (1 ep.)
1974
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice. ... view
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The Blind Man
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Brother Weinand
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Arthur (1 ep.)
1970
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture. ... view
Character:
Mr. Jeffs
1969
In London, a traitor is selling information. In Moscow, a Yorkshire cloth salesman is approached by the KGB, who believe he has more to sell than clot ... view
Character:
Nikolai Krobnevsky
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Johnson
1968
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns t ... view
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Inspector Dudley
1968
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys he ... view
Character:
Sowerberry
1968
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas. ... view
Character:
Fillmore
1968
Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the f ... view
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Co-ordinator Ugo Priest
1968
The writer and philosopher Voltaire decides to take action when he hears of a case of a man being tortured after being accused of murdering his son. ... view
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Voltaire
1968
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advan ... view
Character:
Dr. Andrei Smyslov
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
Character:
Fred Tomlinson (1 ep.)
Nikolai Krobnevsky (1 ep.)
1967
Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers st ... view
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Assistance Board Officer
1967
A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony. ... view
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Mr. Marcus
1967
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings. ... view
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Henry Bridgenorth
1966
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and ... view
Character:
Dr. Wallis
Jul 1966 (first aired)
You Can't Win was a 1966 British television series made by ITV as an adaptation of the novels Scenes from Provincial Life and Scenes from Married Life ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1966
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings ... view
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Prime Minister
1966
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so. ... view
Character:
Vyvyan Alistair Montague
1966
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe his upper class neighbors of 1900 Paris. There is M ... view
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Inspector
1965
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. ... view
Character:
McCoy
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
The Prime Minister (1 ep.)
Colonel Lukyn (1 ep.)
Oct 1964 (first aired)
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Inves ... view
Character:
Sergeant Rolfe (1 ep.)
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
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Doctor Knock (1 ep.)
Fred Midway (1 ep.)
François-Marie Aroue / Voltaire (1 ep.)
Co-Ordinator Ugo Priest (1 ep.)
1964
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent ... view
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Persian Soldier Who Falls On Sword (uncredited)
1964
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least ... view
Character:
Dr. Fisher
Oct 1963 (first aired)
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels. ... view
Character:
Daudet (1 ep.)
1963
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him ... view
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Emanuel Shadrack
1963
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by l ... view
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Phillips, Sports Writer
1962
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reco ... view
Character:
Whymper
Jan 1962 (first aired)
Studio 4 is an anthology drama series utilising BBC Television Centre's Studio Four, and running for two series in 1962 on BBC One. It was envisaged a ... view
Character:
Gerard Moustier (1 ep.)
Jan 1962 (first aired)
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who ... view
Character:
Johnny Spooner (1 ep.)
Welsh Hughie (1 ep.)
Jan 1962 (first aired)
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby ... view
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Unknown/various (8 ep.)