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

Rentadick (1972)

Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Clark
CAST:  James Booth  •  Richard Briers  •  Julie Ege  •  Ronald Fraser

Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Clark
CAST:  James Booth  •  Richard Briers  •  Julie Ege  •  Ronald Fraser

Bloody Kids (1980)

The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an accident scene), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Derrick O'Connor  •  Gary Holton  •  Richard Thomas  •  Peter Clark

The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an accident scene), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Derrick O'Connor  •  Gary Holton  •  Richard Thomas  •  Peter Clark

Porridge (1979)

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Clement
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Brian Wilde

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Clement
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Brian Wilde

Three for All (1975)

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Adrienne Posta  •  Lesley North  •  Cheryl Hall  •  Graham Bonnet

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Adrienne Posta  •  Lesley North  •  Cheryl Hall  •  Graham Bonnet

Detective Waiting (1971)

A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Duguid
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Barry Linehan  •  Bryan Pringle  •  Arthur White

A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Duguid
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Barry Linehan  •  Bryan Pringle  •  Arthur White

The Lovers! (1973)

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wise
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Paula Wilcox  •  Susan Littler  •  Rosalind Ayres

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wise
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Paula Wilcox  •  Susan Littler  •  Rosalind Ayres

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974)

Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Hays
CAST:  Leonard Rossiter  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Geoffrey Bayldon

Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Hays
CAST:  Leonard Rossiter  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Geoffrey Bayldon

The Floater (1975)

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Margery Mason  •  Julian Curry  •  Nigel Hawthorne

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Davis
CAST:  Richard Beckinsale  •  Margery Mason  •  Julian Curry  •  Nigel Hawthorne

Last Summer (1977)

A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Richard Mottau  •  Patrick Murray  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  James Kennedy

A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Richard Mottau  •  Patrick Murray  •  Richard Beckinsale  •  James Kennedy

Comedy Classics: Porridge (2022)

An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This documentary examines how Ronnie Barker’s Fletch influenced Slade Prison’s characters. There is also a look at 1978’s Going Straight, Porridge: The Movie, the US remake ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  David Jason  •  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay

An homage to the prison comedy series Porridge, created by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. This documentary examines how Ronnie Barker’s Fletch influenced Slade Prison’s characters. There is also a look at 1978’s Going Straight, Porridge: The Movie, the US remake ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  David Jason  •  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay

Porridge: The Desperate Hours (1976)

Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Richard Beckinsale

Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Richard Beckinsale

Porridge: No Way Out (1975)

Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Richard Beckinsale

Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Lotterby
CAST:  Ronnie Barker  •  Brian Wilde  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Richard Beckinsale