Richard Beckinsale
Born: 1947-07-06 in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Died: 1979-03-19
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Comedy Classics: Porridge as (archive footage)
1980
- Bloody Kids as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1978
- Going Straight as Lenny Godber
1977
- Last Summer as Johnny
1976
- Porridge: The Desperate Hours as Godber
1975
- Three for All as Jet Bone
- The Floater as Michael Robson
- Porridge: No Way Out as Godber
1974
- Porridge as Lennie Godber
- Rising Damp as Alan
- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them as The Young Man
1973
- The Donati Conspiracy as Robert Sadler
- The Lovers! as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1972
- Rentadick as Hobbs
1971
- Justice as Terry Watson
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Richard Frobisher
- Detective Waiting as Lewis
1970
- Play for Today as Michael Robson
- The Lovers
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Pete
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Johnny
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Lewis