About
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
Comedy Classics: Porridge2022 · (archive footage)
Bloody Kids1980 · Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Porridge1979 · Lennie Godber
Last Summer1977 · Johnny
Porridge: The Desperate Hours1976 · Godber
Porridge: No Way Out1975 · Godber
The Floater1975 · Michael Robson
Three for All1975 · Jet Bone
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them1974 · The Young Man
The Lovers!1973 · Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Rentadick1972 · Hobbs
Detective Waiting1971 · Lewis