Leonard Rossiter’s manic physicality was a revelation | Michael Billington

Leonard Rossiter’s manic physicality was a revelation | Michael Billington

His gangster Hitler in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui turned him into a star but from his earliest roles the actor had an unforgettable expressive force • Rossiter interviewed by the Guardian in 1969• ‘It was hard not to stare at him all the time’: inside the remarkable rise and shocking loss of Leonard…