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