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Richard Beckinsale

Acting Born Jul 6, 1947 Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

as Michael Robson

ITV Playhouse

as Johnny
Film

Clerks

as Lennie Godber

Going Straight

as Lenny Godber
Film

Shrek the Third

as Lewis

Full filmography

  • Play for Today (1970) as Michael Robson
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Johnny
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Pete
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Dermot
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Angus MacFee
  • Justice (1971) as Terry Watson
  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Richard Frobisher
  • Rising Damp (1974) as Alan
  • Porridge (1974) as Lennie Godber
  • Going Straight (1978) as Lenny Godber
  • The Donati Conspiracy (1973) as Robert Sadler
  • Armchair Theatre (1956) as Lewis
  • Bloomers (1979)
  • Porridge (1979) as Lennie Godber
  • The Lovers (1970)
  • Bloody Kids (1980) as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
  • The Floater (1975) as Michael Robson
  • Three for All (1975) as Jet Bone
  • The Lovers! (1973) as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
  • Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976) as Godber
  • Rentadick (1972) as Hobbs
  • Porridge: No Way Out (1975) as Godber
  • Last Summer (1977) as Johnny
  • If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974) as The Young Man