Richard Beckinsale
Acting
31 years oldCarlton, Nottinghamshire, UKBiography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (12)
Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
2022
6.4
Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1980
6.7
Porridge
as Lennie Godber
1979
Last Summer
as Johnny
1977
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
1976
Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
1975
The Floater
as Michael Robson
1975
1.0
Three for All
as Jet Bone
1975
1.0
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Young Man
1974
5.9
The Lovers!
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1973
3.8
Rentadick
as Hobbs
1972
Detective Waiting
as Lewis
1971
TV Shows (10)
5.5
Bloomers
1979
7.7
Going Straight
as Lenny Godber
1978
8.1
Porridge
as Lennie Godber
1974
7.5
Rising Damp
as Alan
1974
7.0
The Donati Conspiracy
as Robert Sadler
1973
6.0
Justice
as Terry Watson
1971
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Richard Frobisher
1971
5.9
The Lovers
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Michael Robson
1970
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as Lewis
1956