Porridge (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Dick Clement.

Cast

• Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher
• Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber
• Fulton Mackay as Mr. Mackay
• Brian Wilde as Mr. Barrowclough
• Peter Vaughan as Grouty
• Julian Holloway as Mr. Bainbridge
• Geoffrey Bayldon as Governor Treadaway
• Christopher Godwin as Mr. Beal
• Barrie Rutter as Oakes
• Daniel Peacock as Rudge
• Sam Kelly as Warren
• Ken Jones as Ives
• Philip Locke as Banyard
• Gorden Kaye as Dines
• Oliver Smith as McMillan
• Andrew Dunford as Armstrong
• Steve Steen as Wellings
• Ivan Steward as Simkin
• Derek James as Small
• Karl Howman as Urquhart
• Rod Culbertson as Callaghan
• Zoot Money as Lotterby
• Derek Deadman as Cooper
• Robert Putt as Atkinson
• Allan Warren as Whalley
• Stewart Harwood as Whittaker
• Tony Osoba as McLaren
• John Barrett as Hedley
• Paul Barber as Morgan
• Sebastian Abineri as Hayward
• John Dair as Samson
• Barry James as Delilah
• Jackie Pallo Jr. as Jacko
• Robert Lee as Tinkler
• Robert Hamilton as Cox
• Charles Pemberton as Miller
• Colin Rix as Lassiter
• Paul McDowell as Collinson
• Michael O'Hagan as MO
• Paul Luty as Chalky

Crew

• Dick Clement — Writer
• Dick Clement — Director
• Ian La Frenais — Writer

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