Richard Beckinsale
Acting
Born: 1947-07-06 in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
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.
Known For
Play for Today
Michael Robson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Pete
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Dermot
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Angus MacFee
ITV Playhouse
Johnny
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Richard Frobisher
Justice
Terry Watson
Rising Damp
Alan
Porridge
Lennie Godber
Going Straight
Lenny Godber
The Lovers
Armchair Theatre
Lewis
Bloomers
The Donati Conspiracy
Robert Sadler
Three for All
Jet Bone
The Floater
Michael Robson
Porridge
Lennie Godber
Bloody Kids
Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
The Lovers!
Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Last Summer
Johnny
Comedy Classics: Porridge
(archive footage)
Rentadick
Hobbs
Detective Waiting
Lewis
Porridge: No Way Out
Godber
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Godber