Richard Beckinsale

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.

Cast

Porridge

Lennie Godber

The Lovers!

Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Rentadick

Hobbs

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

The Young Man

Three for All

Jet Bone

Comedy Classics: Porridge

(archive footage)

Porridge: The Desperate Hours

Godber

Porridge: No Way Out

Godber

Bloody Kids

Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)

Detective Waiting

Lewis

The Floater

Michael Robson

Last Summer

Johnny