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His Life & Career - Reginald Perrin - Rising Damp

The Life & Career of Leonard Rossiter

Chronology Of Television Performances
Note: Dates are UK broadcast dates.




TELEVISION


DATE:

TITLE:

ROLE:

AUTHOR:

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:

COMPANY*:

3/56

Story Conference

Leo Borowitz

Norman Holland

P: Victor Menzies

BBC

2/59

The Constable's Move

Joe Stocks

W. Jacobs

P: Peter Dews

BBC

10/61

The One That Got Away

Fenny

Berkely Mather

P: Alan Bridges

BBC

2/62

The Intrigue

Gerard Moustier

Jacques Natanson

P: Alan Bridges

BBC

11/62

The Morning After

Harry

G. C. Brown

D: John Hale

ATV

1-3/63

Z Cars

Det. Insp. Bamber

John Hopkins

D: Saun Sutton
P: David Rose

BBC

2/63

The Buried Man

Robert Bailey

David Mercer

D: Graham Evans

Rediffusion

5/63

Walk In Fear

Alan Treece

John Wilkie

P: Patrick Dromgoole

BBC

8/63

The Story Of A Farm Girl

Emile Vallin

Guy de Maupassant

D: Silvio Narizzano
P: Philip Mackie

Granada

8/63

The Fruit At The Bottom 
Of The Bowl

William Acton

Ray Bradbury

D: John Hale

ATV

12/63

It's All Lovely

Sammy Love

David Proudfoot

D: Peter Graham Scott
P: John Elliott

BBC

12/63

The Avengers 
(ep: 'Dressed To Kill')

Robin Hood

Brian Clemens

D: Bill Bain
P: John Bryce

ITV

1/64

Steptoe And Son (ep:
'The Lead Man Cometh')

Welsh Hughie

Ray Galton & 
Alan Simpson

P: Duncan Wood

BBC

4/64

Flight From Reality

Patrick

Leo Lehman

D: John Hale

ATV

4/64

Justin Thyme

Daudet

John Bluthal, 
Robert Fuest & 
Joe McGrath

D: Joe McGrath
P: Peter Luke

BBC

7/64

Beggars And Choosers

Sgt. 'Tubby' Watson

Douglas Livingstone

D: Eric Price
P: Stella Richman

ATV

11/64

Not So Much A Programme,
More A Way Of Life

various

various

P: Ned Sherrin

BBC

-/64

The House Of Glass (unrel.)

Sgt. Golto

Mike Watts

D: Michael Currer-Briggs

Rediffusion

3/65

Celebration

Frank Broadbent

Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall

D: Mary Ridge
P: Bernard Hepton

BBC

6/65

Cluff (ep: 'The Fire Raiser')

Wilkie

Gil North

D/P: Terence Dudley

BBC

7/65

Between The Two Of Us

The Man

Rhys Adrian

D: Graham Evans
P: Cecil Clarke

ATV

9-10/65

BBC-3

various

various

D/P: Ned Sherrin

BBC

10/65

Redcap
(ep: 'Epitaph For A Sweat')

Sergeant Rolfe

Richard Harris

D: Peter Graham Scott
P: John Bryce

ABC

11/65

Mr. Fowlds

Leslie Harmon

John Bowen

D: Vivian Matalon
P: Cecil Clarke

ATV

01/09/66

Dr. Knock

Dr. Knock

Jules Romains

D: Herbert Wise
P: Cedric Messina

BBC

01/05/66

Semi-Detached

Fred Midway

David Turner

D: Gilchrist Calder
P: Cedric Messina

BBC

5-6/66

Death Is A Good Living

Norman Lynch

Brian Degas & Tudor Gates

D: Gerald Blake
P: Alan Bromly

BBC

6/66

The Devil's Eggshell

Prime Minister

David Weir

D: Gareth Davies
P: Cedric Messina

BBC

1/67

Taste

Mike Schofield

Roald Dahl

D: John Glenister
P: Graeme McDonald

BBC

5/67

The Revenue Men 
(ep: 'The Benefactor')

Ormerod

John Pennington

D: Richard Argent
P: Gerard Glaister

BBC

5/67

Drums Along The Avon

Mr. Marcus

Charles Wood

D: James MacTaggart 
P: Tony Garnett

BBC

9/67

Goodbye, That's All

Man

Dennis Woolf

D/P: John Robins

BBC

10/67

Up The Theatre

Guest

-

-

BBC

12/67

Day Of The Tortoise

Fred Tomlinson

H. E. Bates

D: Michael Currer-Briggs 
P: Antony Kearer

Rediffusion

1/68

At The Eleventh Hour

various

various

D: Peter Chafer

BBC

2/68

The Unquiet Man

Andrew

Michael Keir

D: Naomi K. Capon
P: George Spenton-Foster

BBC

3/68

A View From The Obelisk

Owen Brian

Hugh Leonard

D: Alastair Reid
P: Stella Richman

Rediffusion

4/68

The Fanatics

Voltaire

Max Marquis

D: Rudolph Cartier
P: Michael Bakewell

BBC

7/68

The Year Of The 
Sex Olympics

Co-ordinator 
Ugi Priest

Nigel Kneale

D: Michael Eliott
P: Ronald Travers

BBC

5/69

The Double Agent

Nikolai Krobnevsky

Anthony Stevens

D: John Jacobs

Anglia

8/65

The Garbler Strategy

X

Maurice Flanagan

D/P: Geoffrey Hughes

ATV

2/70

The Italian Table

Mr. Jeffs

William Trevor

D: Herbert Wise
P: Irene Shubik

BBC

3/71

Harry-Kari And Sally

Harry

Douglas Livingstone

D: John Gorrie
P: Cecil Clarke

ATV

2/72

Thick As Thieves

Dobbs

Bob Baker & 
Dave Martin

D/P: Patrick Dromgoole

HTV

4/72

Steptoe And Son
(ep: 'The Desperate Hours')

John Spooner

Ray Galton &
Alan Simpson

P: John Howard Davies

BBC

11/72

The Magistrate

Colonel Lukyn

Arthur Wing Pinero

D: Bill Hays
P: Cedric Messina

BBC

2/73

After Loch Lomond

Mickey Grant

Douglas Livingstone

D: John Gorrie
P: Verity Lambert

LWT

4/73

The Baby's Name Being Kitchener

Sergeant Tax

Peter Everett

D: Michael Hayes
P: Tim Aspinall

BBC

3/74

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have To Invent Them

Blind man

Johnny Speight

D: Bill Hays
P: Rex Firkin

LWT

4/74

The Carnforth Practice 
(ep: 'The Aristocrat')

Aaros Boswell

Allan Prior

D: Cyril Coke 
P: Colin Morris

BBC

5/74

Masquerade - Mutzen Ab!

Lewis

Charles Wood

D: Graham Evans 
P: Herbert Wise

BBC

6/74

Pygmalion Smith

Pygmalion
'Smithy' Smith

Roy Clarke

D/P: Roger Race

BBC

12/74-1/75

Rising Damp

Rupert Rigsby

Eric Chappell

D/P: Ronnie Baxter

YTV

2/75

This is Your Life

honoured guest

Eamonn Andrews

D: Eamonn Andrews 
P: Jack Crawshaw

Thames

4/75

Not The Cheapest
But The Best

Narrator & Isombard
Kingdom Brunel

Michael Andrews

D: Michael Andrews 
P: Tim Aspinall

BBC

5/75

Husband Of The Year

Guest

Brad Ashton

D: David Millard
P: Vernon Lawrence

YTV

7/75

After The Solo

Mr. Dawson

John Challen

D: Moira Armstrong

BBC

11-12/75

Rising Damp

Rupert Rigsby

Eric Chappell

D/P: Ronnie Baxter

YTV

7/76

Machinegunner

Cyril Dugdale

Bob Baker & 
Dave Martin

D/P: Patrick Dromgoole

HTV

9-10/76

The Fall And Rise Of
Reginald Perrin

Reginald Perrin

David Nobbs

D/P: Gareth Gwenlan

BBC

11/76

TVTimes Top Ten Awards

Guest

Tony Hawes

D: Daphne Shadwell
P: David Clark

ITV

3/77

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (ep: 'I Tell You   It's Burt Reynolds')

Leonard

Ray Galton &
Alan Simpson

D/P: Ronnie Baxter

YTV

4-5/77

Rising Damp

Rupert Rigsby

Eric Chappell

D/P: Ronnie Baxter

YTV

9-11/77

The Fall And Rise Of
Reginald Perrin

Reginald Perrin

David Nobbs

D/P: Gareth Gwenlan

BBC

11/77

This Is Your Life - R. Beckinsale

Guest

Ralph Edwards

D: Terry Yarwood
P: Jack Crawshaw

Thames

12/77 Arena: The Immortal Haydon Benjamin Haydon -
D: Nigel Williams
P: Alan Yentob
BBC

4-5/78

Rising Damp

Rupert Rigsby

Eric Chappell

D/P: Vernon Lawrence

YTV

5/78 Grandstand Guest
-
-
BBC
8/78 Charity Appeal: Shelter Guest
-
-
BBC

10/78

Fearless Frank

Frank Harris

Andrew Davies

D: Colin Bucksey 
P: Louis Marks

BBC

10/78

Song By Song By Harburg

Groucho Marx

Yip Harburg

D: Vernon Lawrence 
P: Deke Arlon

YTV

11-12/78

The Losers

Sydney Foskett

Alan Coren

D: Joe McGrath 
P: Terence Baker

ATV

12/78

Morecambe And Wise Christmas Show

One of three
Andrews Sisters

various

D/P: Keith Beckett

Thames

11/78-1/79

The Fall And Rise Of
Reginald Perrin

Reginald Perrin

David Nobbs

D/P: Gareth Gwenlan

BBC

5/79

The Perishers (cartoon)

Boot, the family dog (voice-over)

Maurice Dodd

D: Dick Horn 
P: Graeme Spurway

BBC

2/80

Clapperboard

Guest

-

D: Mike Becker
P: Muriel Young

Granada

5/80 Nationwide Guest
-
-
BBC
1/81 A Good Job With Prospects Guest -
-
BBC

3/81

An Actor's Life For Me

Interviewee

-

P: Tony Staveacre

BBC

12/81

The Russell Harty Show

Guest

-

D: Peter Hamilton
P: Tom Gutteridge

BBC

12/81

The Factory

Harry Meadows

David Hopkins

D: Gerald Blake 
P: Innes Lloyd

BBC

12/81

Jackanory

narrator unknown unknown BBC

7/82

Escape To The West

Gerry Gee

Dave Martin

D: Alex Kirby
P: Patrick Dromgoole

HTV

12//82

segment of 'The Funny
Side Of Christmas'

Reginald Perrin

David Nobbs

P: Robin Nash

BBC

5/83

Good Morning Britain

Guest

-

-

ITV

7/83

The Green Tie On The
Little Yellow Dog

various

various

D/Co-P: Bryan Izzard 
Co-P: Neil Anthony

Ch.4

-/84

Sunday, Sunday

Guest

-

D: Nick Vaughan-Barrett

ITV

7/84

Dog Ends

Arthur

Richard Harris

D: Carol Wiseman 
P: Andree Molyneux

BBC

9-10/84

Tripper's Day

Norman Tripper

Brian Cook

D: Michael Mills 
P: James Gilbert

Thames

11/84

The Life And Death
Of King John

King John

William Shakespeare

D: David Giles 
P: Saun Sutton

BBC

4/85

Alice In Wonderland

King Of Hearts

Lewis Carroll

D/P: Harry Aldous

ITV

8/85

Moon Over Soho

Max von Konisberg

Peter Ansorge

D: Stuart Burge 
P: Michael Wearing

Rediffusion

(*) Companies: BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation; ATV - Associated Televison (forerunner of ITV); ITV - Independent Television; HTV - Harlech Television (Welsh broadcaster); YTV - Yorkshire Television; LWT - London Weekend Television; Ch.4 - Channel Four.




TELEVISION COMMERCIALS/Corporate Films


DATE:

COMPANY:

CHARACTER:

TITLE:

ART DIRECTOR:

DIRECTOR:

1977

Parker Pens

Traffic Warden

-

-

Brian Byfield

1978

Beechams

'Reggie Perrin'

Silvikrin

 

 

1978-83

Cinzano

'Nebbish'

1. Bianco Launch
2. Rose Launch
3. Secco Launch
4. Airliner
5. Ski Lodge
6. Roller Disco
7. Balcony
8. Mime
9. Tiger's Head
10. Dragoon

1-3. Ron Collins
4-5. Neil Godfrey
6-7. Paul Smith
8. Judy Smith
9-10. Terry Lovelock

1-3. Alan Parker
4-5. Hugh Hudson
6-7. Paul Weiland
8.  Peter Levelle
9-10. Terry Lovelock

1979

Prestel

Harry Lemon

The Prestel Connection

-

Len Fulford

1979

Hambro

'Reggie Perrin'

Hambro Life

-

-

197?

Kia-Ora commercial

-

Kia-Ora cinema ad

-

-

1982

Xerox

-

Time To Think

-

Sue Tramontini

1982

London Docklands
Development

Puppet crow
(voice-over) (*)

-

-

Ken Turner

1983

Barclays Bank

-

Mick's people

Roger Pratt

Jonathan Lynn

(*) Based on 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin' featuring a dialogue with a crow voiced by John Barron (Reggie's boss C.J.).
Leonard also appeared in a number of industrial training videos with John Barron in Reggie Perrin/C.J.-type storylines.


RADIO


DATE:

TITLE:

ROLE:

November 1957

Mr. Travers' Nightmare

-

September 1963

Semi-Detached

Fred Midway

January 1965

Paths Of Glory

Colonel Dax

February 1966

Steptoe And Son (ep: 'The Lead Man Cometh')

Welsh Hughie

November 1969 O Haydon, Haydon! Benjamin Haydon

September 1972

A Little Music At Night

Guest

April 1973

No Exit

-

December 1977
Two In A Room -
July 1979
Woman's Hour Guest
December 1979 Breakaway

March 1980

Desert Island Discs

Guest

- 1981

In A Nutshell

Narrator

May 1981

With Great Pleasure

Guest

July 1983

Close Encounters Of The Worst Kind

-


OTHER MEDIA
Leonard recorded several business and management training films, mostly
with John Barron and based on their worker-boss relationships as Reginald Perrin and C.J.

Leonard recorded at least two 'Talking Book' audio cassettes:
An abridged version of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', and also appeared
as a guest star on C. Northcote-Parkinson's 'Jeeves: A Gentleman's Personal Gentleman'.

Leonard is the author of two books:
'The Devil's Bedside Book: A Cynic's Survival Guide' (1980),
and 'The Lowest Form Of Wit' (1981)

Leonard is credited on the following 7" single:
'Rising Damp' by Leonard Rossiter & The Rigsbyettes.
This was the theme song to Rising Damp: The Movie (1980).




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Text (c) Paul Fisher