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Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Born: 1947-07-06 • Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK

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