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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.

Filmography

1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Quinlan

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1975
Barry Lyndon

as Captain Quin

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1968
2001: A Space Odyssey

as Dr. Andrei Smyslov

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