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
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)
Going Straight
(Lenny Godber)
Porridge
(Lennie Godber)
Rising Damp
(Alan)
Bloomers
Armchair Theatre
(Lewis)
The Lovers
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Richard Frobisher)
Play for Today
(Michael Robson)
Justice
(Terry Watson)