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Porridge (U.S. title: Doing Time) is a 1979 British comedy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay and Brian Wilde. [4] It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenais based on their BBC television series Porridge (1974–1977). Most of prison officers and inmates from the original series appear ...
Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series and two Christmas specials, and was followed by a feature film of the same name (in the United States, the film was released under the title Doing Time).
He is one of the top-50 highest-grossing actors of all time at the North American box office, with over $2.5 billion total gross and an average of $94.3 million per film. [1] He has been involved with thirteen films that grossed over $250 million at the worldwide box office; the highest-grossing film being Bruce Almighty. [2]
Tony Osoba (born 15 March 1947) is a Scottish actor best known for his role as Jim 'Jock' McLaren in the 1970s British sitcom Porridge alongside Ronnie Barker.He also guest starred in the first episode of the spin-off Going Straight.
Doing time is slang for spending time in a jail or prison. It may also refer to: Doing Time, also Keimusho no Naka, a 2002 Japanese live-action film; Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House, a 1991 documentary film; We're All Doing Time, a book by Bo Lozoff; Doing Time, the US title of 1979 British film Porridge
In East Asia, his films collectively grossed HK$1.14 billion (US$146 million) in Hong Kong between 1973 and 2010, [12] ¥48.4 billion (US$607 million) in Japan between 1979 and 2012, [13] and over US$72 million in South Korea between 1991 and 2010, [14] while topping the Taiwan box office ten times between 1982 and 1994. [15]
Doin' Time is a 1985 American comedy film directed by George Mendeluk and written by Franelle Silver, Ron Zwang and Dee Caruso. The film stars Jeff Altman, Dey Young, Richard Mulligan, John Vernon, Jimmie Walker, and Judy Landers. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 19, 1985. [1] [2]
[7] [8] In 1956 he was cast by the Boulting brothers in Private's Progress. The role boosted his film career, initially in Britain, and then in America. [ 9 ] In 1958 Terry-Thomas released the first of two solo comedy records, Strictly T-T ; the same year he also appeared as Bertie Wooster in a cast recording of Jeeves , with Roger Livesey ...