Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 6, 1947
Died
March 19, 1979
Age
31
Place of Birth
Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Popularity
0.9
Richard Beckinsale
Acting
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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Known For
6.6
Play for Today
1970 · TV
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV
7.3
Justice
1971 · TV
7.4
Rising Damp
1974 · TV
8.1
Porridge
1974 · TV
8.0
The Donati Conspiracy
1973 · TV
7.7
Going Straight
1978 · TV
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV
10.0
The Floater
1975 · Movie
6.0
Bloomers
1979 · TV
Filmography
2022
Comedy Classics: Porridge
Movie · (archive footage)
0.0
1980
Bloody Kids
Movie · Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
6.5
1979
Bloomers
TV
6.0
1979
Porridge
Movie · Lennie Godber
6.7
1978
Going Straight
TV · Lenny Godber
7.7
1977
Last Summer
Movie · Johnny
10.0
1976
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Movie · Godber
9.0
1975
Porridge: No Way Out
Movie · Godber
10.0
1975
The Floater
Movie · Michael Robson
10.0
1975
Three for All
Movie · Jet Bone
3.3
1974
Porridge
TV · Lennie Godber
8.1
1974
Rising Damp
TV · Alan
7.4
1974
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Movie · The Young Man
1.0
1973
The Donati Conspiracy
TV · Robert Sadler
8.0
1973
The Lovers!
Movie · Geoffrey Scrimshaw
6.0
1972
Rentadick
Movie · Hobbs
4.2
1971
Justice
TV · Terry Watson
7.3
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · Richard Frobisher
7.5
1971
Detective Waiting
Movie · Lewis
8.0
1970
The Lovers
TV
6.4
1970
Play for Today
TV · Michael Robson
6.6
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Pete
7.0
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Dermot
7.0
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Angus MacFee
7.0