Richard Beckinsale
Acting
Born: 1947-07-06 · Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Died: 1979-03-19
Biography
Richard Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom Rising Damp. He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. He died of a congenital heart defect at the age of just thirty one in 1979.
🎬 Movies (12)
Comedy Classics: Porridge
2022
(archive footage)
Bloody Kids
1980
Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Porridge
1979
Lennie Godber
Last Summer
1977
Johnny
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976
Godber
Porridge: No Way Out
1975
Godber
The Floater
1975
Michael Robson
Three for All
1975
Jet Bone
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
The Young Man
The Lovers!
1973
Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Rentadick
1972
Hobbs
Detective Waiting
1971
Lewis
📺 TV Shows (14)
Bloomers
1979
Going Straight
1978
Lenny Godber
Porridge
1974
Lennie Godber
Rising Damp
1974
Alan
The Donati Conspiracy
1973
Robert Sadler
Justice
1971
Terry Watson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Richard Frobisher
The Lovers
1970
Play for Today
1970
Michael Robson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Pete
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Dermot
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Angus MacFee
ITV Playhouse
1967
Johnny
Armchair Theatre
1956
Lewis