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.
Known for
- Play for Today (1970)
- ITV Playhouse (1967)
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
- Justice (1971)
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
- Porridge (1974)
- Rising Damp (1974)
- Armchair Theatre (1956)
- Going Straight (1978)
- The Donati Conspiracy (1973)
- Bloomers (1979)
- The Floater (1975)
- Porridge (1979)
- The Lovers (1970)
- Three for All (1975)
- Porridge: No Way Out (1975)
- Bloody Kids (1980)
- Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976)