Richard Beckinsale
July 6, 1947 (77 years old) in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
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
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Comedy Classics: Porridge as (archive footage)
- 1980 · Bloody Kids as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
- 1979 · Bloomers as
- 1979 · Porridge as Lennie Godber
- 1978 · Going Straight as Lenny Godber
- 1977 · Last Summer as Johnny
- 1976 · Porridge: The Desperate Hours as Godber
- 1975 · Porridge: No Way Out as Godber
- 1975 · The Floater as Michael Robson
- 1975 · Three for All as Jet Bone
- 1974 · Porridge as Lennie Godber
- 1974 · Rising Damp as Alan
- 1974 · If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them as The Young Man
- 1973 · The Lovers! as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
- 1972 · Rentadick as Hobbs
- 1971 · Justice as Terry Watson
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Richard Frobisher
- 1971 · Detective Waiting as Lewis
- 1970 · The Lovers as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Michael Robson
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Lewis