Richard Beckinsale

Personal Info

Birthday

July 6, 1947

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

Known For

Play for Today

Porridge

Justice

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Rising Damp

Going Straight

Armchair Theatre

Rentadick

Filmography

2022
Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
1980
Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1977
Last Summer
as Johnny
1976
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
1975
Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
The Floater
as Michael Robson
Three for All
as Jet Bone
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