Richard Beckinsale
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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
Credits
Three for All (1975)
as Jet Bone
The Floater (1975)
as Michael Robson
Comedy Classics: Porridge (2022)
as (archive footage)
Porridge (1979)
as Lennie Godber
Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976)
as Godber
Rentadick (1972)
as Hobbs
The Lovers! (1973)
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Bloody Kids (1980)
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Porridge: No Way Out (1975)
as Godber
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974)
as The Young Man
Last Summer (1977)
as Johnny
Detective Waiting (1971)
as Lewis
Great Comedy Moments (2001)
as Lennie Godber (archive footage)