
Richard Beckinsale
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-07-06
Day of Death
1979-03-19 (31 years old)
Place of Birth
Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
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
Acting
(2022)
Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
(1980)
Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
(1979)
Porridge
as Lennie Godber
(1977)
Last Summer
as Johnny
(1976)
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
(1975)
Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
(1975)
Three for All
as Jet Bone
(1975)
The Floater
as Michael Robson
(1974)
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Young Man
(1973)
The Lovers!
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
(1972)
Rentadick
as Hobbs
(1971)
Detective Waiting
as Lewis