1968Winner
Best Performance
2001: A Space Odyssey
Leonard Rossiter
Actor
Wavertree, Liverpool, England, UK
October 21, 1926
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1975Winner
Best Performance
Barry Lyndon
1976Nominee
Best Performance
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Career Highlights
1968Highlight
Best Performance
Oliver!
1982Highlight
Best Performance
Trail of the Pink Panther
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
The Pink Panther Strikes Again