Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter ( born October 21, 1926 in Liverpool, Merseyside, † October 5, 1984 in London) was a British actor.

Biography

Rossiter worked after school, first as an employee of an insurer, before he began his career as an actor and in 1954 made ​​his stage debut. His hawk- like facial features, combined with an expert stick timing and an energetic performance allowed him both the appearance of a dastardly villain and a manic comedian.

In 1962 he made ​​his film debut in A Kind of Loving. In the following years, many other film roles such as the Emanuel Shadrack in Billy Liar ( Billy Liar ) (1963) and Barry Lyndon (1975). In 1967 the role of Henry Bridgenoth in the spy comedy Hot cats. In 1968 he played Dr. Andrei Smyslov in 2001: A Space Odyssey and the role of Johnson in A Unlucky named Otley, 1974, he took over the role of the brother Weinand in Luther, 1979, he embodied the Kunstfurzer Joseph Pujol in the short film Le Pétomane by Ian MacNaughton. Britannia Hospital, where he participated also was shown at the International Film Festival of Cannes 1982. Later the presentation of Sir Malcolm Leveridge followed in water - The film, which after his death in 1985 cinema premiere.

Among his most notable roles in stage works The resist Able Rise of Arturo Ui ( 1968 to 1969 ), and Banana Box ( 1973), which aired as a television series called Rising Damp 1974-1978 and him wide in the role of lewd grinning landlord Rigsby recognition earned. To this end, in 1981 the first Peter Sellers, British Film Award, he was awarded the Evening Standard.

His later television roles included the title role in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976 to 1980), while he was most recently in theaters in Tartuffe (1976) and Loot (1984 ) can be seen. In the 1970s, he and Joan Collins played in a series of slapstick sketches advertise Cinzano Vermouth, who are elected by the Sunday Times and Channel 4 on place 11 of the best ever for television commercials turned in 2000. In the BBC Shakespeare adaptation The Life and Death of King John (1984 ) by David Giles he played the lead role of King John.

In addition, Rossiter is one of the honorees at the Avenue of Stars in London, the British Walk of Fame.

Filmography (selection)

Sources and links

  • Homepage of Leonard Rossiter
  • Camilla Rossiter Leonard Rossiter, My Father
  • Rossiter, Leonard at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Leonard Rossiter in the Notable Names Database (English)
  • CHAMBERS Biographical Dictionary, S.1309, 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
  • Theater actors
  • Actor
  • Briton
  • Born in 1926
  • Died in 1984
  • Man
Billy Liar (film) Otley (film) Luther (1973 film) Le Pétomane 1982 Cannes Film Festival London Evening Standard List of stars on the London Avenue of Stars Avenue of Stars (London) Integrated Authority File
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