Richard Beckinsale
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.
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Films (13)

Comedy Classics: Porridge
2022 · (archive footage)

Great Comedy Moments
2001 · Lennie Godber (archive footage)

Bloody Kids
1980 · Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)

Porridge
1979 · Lennie Godber

Last Summer
1977 · Johnny

Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976 · Godber

Porridge: No Way Out
1975 · Godber

The Floater
1975 · Michael Robson

Three for All
1975 · Jet Bone
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974 · The Young Man

The Lovers!
1973 · Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Rentadick
1972 · Hobbs

Detective Waiting
1971 · Lewis
Séries (12)

Bloomers
1979

Going Straight
1978 · Lenny Godber

Porridge
1974 · Lennie Godber

Rising Damp
1974 · Alan

The Donati Conspiracy
1973 · Robert Sadler

Justice
1971 · Terry Watson

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Richard Frobisher

The Lovers
1970

Play for Today
1970 · Michael Robson

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Pete, Dermot, Angus MacFee

ITV Playhouse
1967 · Johnny

Armchair Theatre
1956 · Lewis
