Acting credits
21
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Richard Beckinsale
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Movies: 11Series: 10
TMDB ID: 142518
IMDb ID: nm0065764
Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1947
Died: March 19, 1979
Age: 31
Place of birth: Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2022
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 7.43
Wikidata: Q678439
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Beckinsale.
Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)
2022 Movie
6.4
Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
1980 Movie
6.7
Porridge
as Lennie Godber
1979 Movie
Last Summer
as Johnny
1977 Movie
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as Godber
1976 Movie
Porridge: No Way Out
as Godber
1975 Movie
The Floater
as Michael Robson
1975 Movie
1.0
Three for All
as Jet Bone
1975 Movie
5.9
The Lovers!
as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
1973 Movie
3.8
Rentadick
as Hobbs
1972 Movie
Detective Waiting
as Lewis
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Beckinsale.
5.5
Bloomers
5 eps
1979 Series
7.7
Going Straight
as Lenny Godber • 4 eps
1978 Series
8.1
Porridge
as Lennie Godber • 18 eps
1974 Series
7.5
Rising Damp
as Alan • 22 eps
1974 Series
7.0
The Donati Conspiracy
as Robert Sadler • 3 eps
1973 Series
6.0
Justice
as Terry Watson • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Richard Frobisher • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.9
The Lovers
13 eps
1970 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Michael Robson • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as Lewis • 1 eps
1956 Series