Richard Beckinsale photo

Richard Beckinsale

Acting

  • Born
  • July 6, 1947
  • Died
  • March 19, 1979
  • Place of birth
  • Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK

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.

As actor 24

Play for Today poster
Play for Today
1970
ITV Playhouse poster
ITV Playhouse
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Justice poster
Justice
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Rising Damp poster
Rising Damp
1974
Porridge poster
Porridge
1974
Armchair Theatre poster
Armchair Theatre
1956
Going Straight poster
Going Straight
1978
The Donati Conspiracy poster
The Donati Conspiracy
1973
Bloomers poster
Bloomers
1979
The Floater poster
The Floater
1975
The Lovers poster
The Lovers
1970
Three for All poster
Three for All
1975
Porridge: The Desperate Hours poster
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976
Porridge poster
Porridge
1979
Rentadick poster
Rentadick
1972
Bloody Kids poster
Bloody Kids
1980
Porridge: No Way Out poster
Porridge: No Way Out
1975
The Lovers! poster
The Lovers!
1973
Comedy Classics: Porridge poster
Comedy Classics: Porridge
2022
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
Last Summer poster
Last Summer
1977
Detective Waiting poster
Detective Waiting
1971