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Harris is a prisoner played by Ronald Lacey. A middle-aged Teddy Boy with a fish face and ginger hair, Harris – much like "Horrible" Ives – is loathed by prison officers and prisoners alike. His sly manner, cowardice, and utter lack of integrity – accompanied by an insistently oleaginous manner – irritates even the easy-going, lukewarm ...
Ronald William Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. [1] He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in Porridge (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy Charleston (1978), SD agent Sturmbannführer Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder II (1986).
Characters of the sitcom series Porridge. Pages in category "Porridge (1974 TV series) characters" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The main storylines of the sitcom focus on its central character, Norman Stanley Fletcher, a man from Muswell Hill, London.Fletcher, described as "an habitual criminal" by the judge who sentences him (and whose words, voiced by Barker, are repeated in the show's opening titles), is sent to HMP Slade, a fictional Category C prison in Cumberland, to serve a prison sentence for his latest crime.
As Mackay is frisking Harris, the bottle of pills falls out of Harris' trouser leg and lands in Fletcher’s tea. Later, Fletcher returns to his cell where he discusses Harris' predicament with Godber. Fletcher makes it clear to Godber that he does not stand for drugs. After Mackay fails to find any pills on Harris, he is forced to let Harris go.
The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Porridge and sequel series, Going Straight, which aired on BBC1 from 5 September 1974 to 25 March 1977 and 24 February to 7 April 1978 respectively. A further sequel series following the grandson of Fletcher, Porridge, aired in 2016 and 2017.
"Rough Justice" is the third episode from the third series of the BBC sitcom Porridge, which aired on 4 March 1977. In the episode, Judge Rawley's watch is stolen, and the prisoners hold a kangaroo court with Harris as the suspect.
Richard Arthur Beckinsale (6 July 1947 – 19 March 1979) was an English actor. He played Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom Porridge (along with its sequel series Going Straight) and Alan Moore in the ITV sitcom Rising Damp.