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
Porridge
as Lennie GodberTimes are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison...
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Rentadick
as HobbsArmitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary...
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Porridge: No Way Out
as GodberFletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.
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The Lovers!
as Geoffrey ScrimshawReprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale...
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Comedy Classics: Porridge
as (archive footage)An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This...
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Bloody Kids
as Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an...
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Porridge: The Desperate Hours
as GodberFletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are...
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Detective Waiting
as LewisA cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But...
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Three for All
as Jet BoneA pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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The Floater
as Michael RobsonA comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but...
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Last Summer
as JohnnyA 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car...
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Play for Today
as Michael RobsonPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Justice
as Terry WatsonJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Richard FrobisherAdaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Porridge
as Lennie GodberPorridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three...
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Rising Damp
as AlanSet in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long...
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Going Straight
as Lenny GodberGoing Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker...
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Bloomers
as uncreditedBloomers was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It...
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The Lovers
as uncreditedThe ups-and-downs of a young courting couple's relationship.
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Armchair Theatre
as LewisArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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