Richard Beckinsale
Acting
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.
TV Shows(11)
Movies(12)
Comedy Classics: Porridge
(archive footage)
2022
Bloody Kids
Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1980
Porridge
Lennie Godber
1979
Last Summer
Johnny
1977
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Godber
1976
Porridge: No Way Out
Godber
1975
The Floater
Michael Robson
1975
Three for All
Jet Bone
1975
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Young Man
1974
The Lovers!
Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1973
Rentadick
Hobbs
1972
Detective Waiting
Lewis
1971