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

ITV Playhouse

Porridge

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Justice

All Movies (12)

Comedy Classics: Porridge2022 · as (archive footage)
Bloody Kids1980 · as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Porridge1979 · as Lennie Godber
Last Summer1977 · as Johnny
Porridge: The Desperate Hours1976 · as Godber
Porridge: No Way Out1975 · as Godber
The Floater1975 · as Michael Robson
Three for All1975 · as Jet Bone
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them1974 · as The Young Man
The Lovers!1973 · as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Rentadick1972 · as Hobbs
Detective Waiting1971 · as Lewis

All TV Shows (14)

Bloomers1979
Going Straight1978 · as Lenny Godber
Porridge1974 · as Lennie Godber
Rising Damp1974 · as Alan
The Donati Conspiracy1973 · as Robert Sadler
Justice1971 · as Terry Watson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Richard Frobisher
The Lovers1970
Play for Today1970 · as Michael Robson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Pete
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Dermot
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Angus MacFee
ITV Playhouse1967 · as Johnny
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Lewis