Leonard Rossiter
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7347 |
| Birthday | 1926-10-21 |
| Place of Birth | Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Len Rossiter, |
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.056/12331
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...
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1975
Barry Lyndon
7.989/3093
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...
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Barry Lyndon
1969
Otley
6.2/21
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
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Otley
1967
Deadlier Than the Male
5.823/48
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
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Deadlier Than the Male
1980
Rising Damp
5.5/17
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...
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Rising Damp
1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
6.9/596
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1963
Billy Liar
6.821/123
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...
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Billy Liar
1982
Britannia Hospital
6.2/69
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative...
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Britannia Hospital
1962
A Kind of Loving
7/58
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...
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A Kind of Loving
1966
The Witches
6/60
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...
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The Witches
1965
King Rat
7.1/76
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison....
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King Rat
1967
Drums Along The Avon
0/0
A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony.
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Drums Along The Avon
1968
Oliver!
7.034/465
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...
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Oliver!
1968
Deadfall
5.379/29
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
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Deadfall
1985
Water
5.879/33
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling com...
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Water
1964
The Long Ships
5.992/60
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...
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The Long Ships
1974
Luther
5.6/9
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.
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Luther
1996
'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
6/1
A compilation of the many characters played by Leonard Rossiter.
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'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
1979
Le Petomane
5.3/6
The incredibly true story of the legendary French entertainer Joseph Pujol, who performed impersonations with his self-described 'elastic anus' and a...
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Le Petomane
1968
The Year of the Sex Olympics
4.25/4
Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the f...
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The Year of the Sex Olympics
1966
Hotel Paradiso
5.5/11
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...
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Hotel Paradiso
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1/1
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.
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
5.8/7
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns t...
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Diamonds for Breakfast
2022
Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
0/0
A celebration of the actor's life and career, featuring contributions from friends, co-stars and fans including Don Warrington, Sue Nicholls and Mark...
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Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
4/3
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...
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
1969
The Double Agent
0/0
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...
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The Double Agent
1978
Fearless Frank
0/0
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...
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Fearless Frank
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
5.2/306
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...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
1967
The Whisperers
6.422/32
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...
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The Whisperers
1976
Machinegunner
5/1
A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector) turns amateur sleuth, but finds himself in hot water with local criminals.
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Machinegunner
1966
The Devil's Eggshell
0/0
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...
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The Devil's Eggshell
1966
The Wrong Box
6.45/60
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.
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The Wrong Box
1985
The Moon Over Soho
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A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother.
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The Moon Over Soho
1984
The Life and Death of King John
7/2
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...
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The Life and Death of King John
1999
Starry Night
3.4/5
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...
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Starry Night
1963
This Sporting Life
7/117
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...
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This Sporting Life
1984
Dog Ends
0/0
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...
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Dog Ends
1976
Voyage of the Damned
5.973/73
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Voyage of the Damned
1970
The Italian Table
0/0
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.
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The Italian Table
2000
The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
0/0
Tribute to the much-loved character actor.
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The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
1975
After the Solo
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"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...
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After the Solo
1981
The Factory
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A factory's workforce is dwindling as divisions between the workers and management widen.
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The Factory
1983
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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46-year-old Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is suffering a midlife crisis and tries to escape his dreary life.
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1978
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
6/1
A commuter's race to catch a rush-hour train, narrated in the style of a horse race.
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The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
After Loch Lomond
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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...
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After Loch Lomond
1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
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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...
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The Funny Side of Christmas
1968
The Fanatics
0/0
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.
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