Richard Beckinsale - Actor Profile

Richard Beckinsale

12Movies
6.7 Best Rating

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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2022 Comedy Classics: Porridge (archive footage) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1980 Bloody Kids Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed) ★ 6.4 FLOP
1979 Porridge Lennie Godber ★ 6.7 HIT
1977 Last Summer Johnny ★ 0.0 FLOP
1976 Porridge: The Desperate Hours Godber ★ 0.0 FLOP
1975 Porridge: No Way Out Godber ★ 0.0 FLOP
1975 The Floater Michael Robson ★ 0.0 FLOP
1975 Three for All Jet Bone ★ 1.0 FLOP
1974 If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them The Young Man ★ 1.0 FLOP
1973 The Lovers! Geoffrey Scrimshaw ★ 5.9 FLOP
1972 Rentadick Hobbs ★ 3.8 FLOP
1971 Detective Waiting Lewis ★ 0.0 FLOP