Actor

Richard Beckinsale

Birthday: July 6, 1947

Born in: Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK

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.

Movie Credits

Comedy Classics: Porridge (2022) as (archive footage)
Age: 75
Bloody Kids (1980) as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Age: 32
Porridge (1979) as Lennie Godber
Age: 32
Last Summer (1977) as Johnny
Age: 30
Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976) as Godber
Age: 29
Porridge: No Way Out (1975) as Godber
Age: 28
The Floater (1975) as Michael Robson
Age: 27
Three for All (1975) as Jet Bone
Age: 27
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974) as The Young Man
Age: 26
The Lovers! (1973) as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Age: 25
Rentadick (1972) as Hobbs
Age: 25
Detective Waiting (1971) as Lewis
Age: 24