Acting
Richard Beckinsale
Birth Date
July 6, 1947
Death Date
March 19, 1979
(passed away at 31)
Place of Birth
Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
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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.
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Michael Robson
1970 • 1 episode
ITV Playhouse
Johnny
1967 • 1 episode
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Pete
1969 • 1 episode
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Richard Frobisher
1971 • 1 episode
Justice
Terry Watson
1971 • 1 episode
Porridge
Lennie Godber
1974 • 18 episodes
Rising Damp
Alan
1974 • 22 episodes
Going Straight
Lenny Godber
1978 • 4 episodes
The Donati Conspiracy
Robert Sadler
1973 • 3 episodes
The Floater
Michael Robson
1975
Armchair Theatre
Lewis
1956 • 1 episode
Bloomers
1979 • 5 episodes
Three for All
Jet Bone
1975
The Lovers
1970 • 13 episodes
Porridge
Lennie Godber
1979
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
The Young Man
1974
Rentadick
Hobbs
1972
Bloody Kids
Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1980
Porridge: No Way Out
Godber
1975
Last Summer
Johnny
1977