Leonard Rossiter

1926 - 1984  (57 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Leonard Rossiter
  Born	21 Oct 1926	Cretan Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [1, 2]
  	Address: Cretan Road #19, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Oct 1984	The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK   [3]
  	Cause: heart attack
  Siblings	1. J.R. Rossiter
  Person ID	I1595	Foster
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	John Rossiter,   b. 22 Mar 1890, Schomberg Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 3 May 1941, Mill Road Infirmary, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Howell
  Married	9 May 1917	St Nathaniel Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse	Gillian Raine Unknown
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2016
  Family ID	F3581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Address: Cretan Road #19, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 21 Oct 1926 - Cretan Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Died - Cause: heart attack - 5 Oct 1984 - The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Leonard Rossiter This was a publicity shot of Leonard.

  
  

• Notes

  Leonard's career as an actor on stage, film and television is so well documented, it is not repeated here. His most popular role in television was as Rigsby, the frustrate d landlord in "Rising Damp". What is not well known is what a good sportsman he was. At the Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Collegiate School, he was both cricket and football captain. He once scored 11 goals in an 11-0 vic tory for hid team! (Medical):Leonard collapsed in his dressing room. Although he was rushed to Brompton Hospital, which a few days earlier had pronounced him as fit as a fiddle, he was clearly d ead on arrival.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] CRI, Dec 1926, Liverpool, vol 8b, p534. [S7] BIRTH CERTIFICATE (Reliability: 3), 21 Jul 2016. [S4] CRI, Oct 1984, Westminster, vol 15, p1694 (Reliability: 3), 21 Jul 2016. [S4] CRI, Jun 1917, West Derby, vol 8b, p691. [S36] MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (Reliability: 3), 21 Jul 2016.