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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