Leonard Rossiter film. His last television role was as the supermarket manager in another ITV sitcom, "Tripper's Day" (1984). He continued to make a steady stream of film appearances, including a role in Lindsay Anderson's "Britannia Hospital" (1982). Rossiter also played the title role in the "BBC Television Shakespeare" production of "The Life and Death of King John" (1984). His last film appearance was in "Water" (1985). Rossiter displayed his acid wit in two books: "The Devil's Bedside Book" (1980), a collection of cynical dictionary definitions in the style of Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary", and "The Lowest Form of Wit" (1981),
John Barron (actor) and Gaiters", "The Saint", "Department S", "Doomwatch", "Timeslip", "Potter", "To the Manor Born", "Whoops Apocalypse" and "Yes Minister". Although he had long-running roles in popular dramas like the police series "Softly, Softly" (where he played the assistant chief constable between 1967–69), his best known role was in the situation comedy "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", which began in 1976, and starred Leonard Rossiter as the title character. Barron's character, CJ (Charles Jefferson), was Perrin's overbearing boss, famous for the catchphrase "I didn't get where I am today by...". He even used this in a TV commercial filmed for