Leonard Rossiter

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 21, 1926 (98 years old)
Death date
Oct 05, 1984

Leonard Rossiter

Known For

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
1h 7m
Movie 2022

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great

A celebration of the actor's life and career, featuring contributions from friends, co-stars and fans including Don Warrington, Sue Nicholls and Mark Lester. The programme also includes a never-before-seen interview with Rossiter himself, and brings new perspectives on one of Britain's best-loved actors, from his upbringing in Liverpool to his remarkable, late-blossoming TV career.

The Moon Over Soho
1h 10m
Movie 1985

The Moon Over Soho

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.

Alice in Wonderland
1h 40m
TV Show 1985

Alice in Wonderland

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 Silva Puppets group at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.

Water
1h 38m
Movie 1985

Water

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

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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