Richard Beckinsale
Birthday
1947/07/06
Day of death
1979/03/19 (31 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Also know as
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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
(1979) Porridge
as Lennie Godber
(1973) The Lovers!
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
(1972) Rentadick
as Hobbs
(1974) If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Young Man
(1975) Three for All
as Jet Bone
(2022) Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
(1976) Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
(1975) Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
(1980) Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
(1971) Detective Waiting
as Lewis
(1975) The Floater
as Michael Robson
(1977) Last Summer
as Johnny
(1978) Going Straight
as Lenny Godber
(1974) Porridge
as Lennie Godber
(1974) Rising Damp
as Alan
(1979) Bloomers
as ---
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Lewis
(1970) The Lovers
as ---
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Richard Frobisher
(1970) Play for Today
as Michael Robson
(1971) Justice
as Terry Watson