Actor
Richard Beckinsale
July 6, 1947 · 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.
Often works with
Ronnie Barker
5 titles together
Porridge, Porridge, Going Straight
Fulton Mackay
5 titles together
Porridge, Porridge, Going Straight
Brian Wilde
4 titles together
Porridge, Porridge, Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Sam Kelly
4 titles together
Porridge, Porridge, Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Peter Vaughan
4 titles together
Porridge, Porridge, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Tony Osoba
3 titles together
Porridge, Going Straight, Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Full filmography · 24
Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
2022
Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1980
Porridge
as Lennie Godber
19796.7
Last Summer
as Johnny
1977
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
1976
Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
1975
The Floater
as Michael Robson
1975
Three for All
as Jet Bone
1975If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
as The Young Man
1974
The Lovers!
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1973
Rentadick
as Hobbs
1972
Detective Waiting
as Lewis
1971