About:
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
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  Porridge
  as
  Lennie Godber
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  The Lovers!
  as
  Geoffrey Scrimshaw
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  Rentadick
  as
  Hobbs
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  If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
  as
  The Young Man
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  Three for All
  as
  Jet Bone