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Richard Beckinsale
Acting
🎂 July 6, 1947📍 Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK🕯️ March 19, 1979 · Age 31
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.
BODY OF WORK
Richard Beckinsale's Filmography
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Comedy Classics: Porridge
2022
as (archive footage)
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Bloody Kids
1980⭐ 6.5
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
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Porridge
1979⭐ 6.8
as Lennie Godber
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Last Summer
1977⭐ 10.0
as Johnny
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Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976⭐ 9.0
as Godber
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Porridge: No Way Out
1975⭐ 10.0
as Godber
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The Floater
1975⭐ 10.0
as Michael Robson
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Three for All
1975⭐ 3.3
as Jet Bone
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No Poster
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974⭐ 1.0
as The Young Man
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The Lovers!
1973⭐ 6.0
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
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Rentadick
1972⭐ 4.2
as Hobbs
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Detective Waiting
1971⭐ 8.0
as Lewis