Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1947-07-06 00:00:00
Birth Place:Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1979-03-19 00:00:00
Popularity:8
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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.
Filmography (12)
Bloody Kids
Role: Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)1980
Rentadick
Role: Hobbs1972
Three for All
Role: Jet Bone1975
Comedy Classics: Porridge
Role: (archive footage)2022
Porridge: No Way Out
Role: Godber1975
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Role: Godber1976
Last Summer
Role: Johnny1977
No Image
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Role: The Young Man1974
Porridge
Role: Lennie Godber1979
Detective Waiting
Role: Lewis1971
The Lovers!
Role: Geoffrey Scrimshaw1973
The Floater
Role: Michael Robson1975