Popular British comic actor, in films, stage and television, perhaps best known to American audiences for his performances in the movies "Billy Liar" (1963), "King Rat" (1965), "Oliver", "2001: A Space Odyssey" (both 1968) and two of the Blake Edwards Pink Panther series.
The Liverpool native was unable to go to university for financial reasons so ended up working in an insurance office for… See Full Leonard Rossiter Biography