Richard Beckinsale

Birthday: 1947-07-06
Deathday: 1979-03-19
Birthplace: Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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

Credits

Year Title Character
1980-03-22 Bloody Kids Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1979-08-12 Porridge Lennie Godber
1977-07-22 Last Summer Johnny
1976-12-24 Porridge: The Desperate Hours Godber
1975-12-24 Porridge: No Way Out Godber
1975-05-29 The Floater Michael Robson
1975-05-01 Three for All Jet Bone
1974-03-03 If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them The Young Man
1973-01-01 The Lovers! Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1972-12-31 Rentadick Hobbs
1971-09-14 Detective Waiting Lewis