Richard Beckinsale
- Acting
- July 6, 1947 · Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
- March 19, 1979
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
Filmography
- Comedy Classics: Porridge · (archive footage)
- Bloody Kids · Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
- Bloomers
- Porridge · Lennie Godber
- Going Straight · Lenny Godber
- Last Summer · Johnny
- Porridge: The Desperate Hours · Godber
- Porridge: No Way Out · Godber
- The Floater · Michael Robson
- Three for All · Jet Bone
- Porridge · Lennie Godber
- Rising Damp · Alan
- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them · The Young Man
- The Donati Conspiracy · Robert Sadler
- The Lovers! · Geoffrey Scrimshaw
- Rentadick · Hobbs
- Justice · Terry Watson
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Richard Frobisher
- Detective Waiting · Lewis
- The Lovers
- Play for Today · Michael Robson
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Pete, Dermot
- ITV Playhouse · Johnny
- Armchair Theatre · Lewis