Obviously they worked together for four series and a feature film, however it's quite common knowledge that Rossiters views were less than liberal. Plus Philip does tend to be the brunt of many a joke (however it usually backfires on Rigsby but still...) I was wondering how Warrington felt about that.
I was wondering whether anyone knew of any intereviews with Warrington regarding the subject.
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well in a documentary i seen on leonard rossiter,don warrington spoke very well on rossiter..said he helped him in many ways acting wise.i think francis de la tour and rossiter didn't get on too well..but i think that was more to do with politics.
shareYeah I saw a documentary on Rossiter many moons ago and Don spoke kindly towards him. He did say that Leonard loved Beckinsale, and would "light up" when Beckinsale arrived on set.
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Indeed Rossiter and Warrington played squash together. And Don states that this is something he should have been able to beat Leonard on considering the age gap, but Rossiter ran rings around him.
shareI saw Don Warringon being interviewed about Rising Damp once. He said that although, in each episode, Rigsby would make openly rascist remarks at Philip's expense, Don Warrington would never have taken the role of Philip if he was merely the foil all the time. Instead the character of Philip was cleverer than Rigsby's and would always have the last laugh. As Warrington explained this was in stark contrast to the "Love thy Neighbour" sitcom that was on about the same time (but which is never shown now) in which Warrington compared the white and black characters to "wart hogs wrestling in the mud". Warrington did ask Leonard Rossiter what he thought about the rascist side of the humour and Rossiter said he found it easy to do because of the background Rossiter was raised in - I don't think that necessarily meant that Rossiter was a rascist himself.
shareDe La Tour and Rossiter used to be at loggerheads but I believe Rossiter did not get on well with others mostly dues to his conservative views.
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It's possible to have "conservative" values and not be a racist - in fact I'd say that most conservatives (small C) fall into this bracket.
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