Richard Beckinsale
Popularity:0.7249
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1947-07-06
Place of Birth:Carlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
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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...

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...

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...

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.

Three for All (1975)
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

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...

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.

Porridge: No Way Out (1975)
Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape.

Bloody Kids (1980)
Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an accident scene), two 11-year-old boys - the cold,...

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.

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.

Last Summer (1977)
A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.

Porridge (1974)
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also...

Rising Damp (1974)
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

Bloomers (1979)
Bloomers was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes...

Armchair Theatre (1956)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

The Lovers (1970)
The ups-and-downs of a young courting couple's relationship.

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

Justice (1971)
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

Going Straight (1978)
Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the...