Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1934

Place of Birth:

Georgetown, British Guiana

Guyanese actor and musician, Ram John Holder started his professional life as a folk singer in New York in the early '60s before moving to the UK to work as a musician and later an actor for Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop. His big break was as the effeminate dancer Marcus in the 1969 film Two Gentlemen Sharing and he's worked in film and TV ever since, most notably as the loveable Porkpie in Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989-1994) and the shortlived spin-off Porkpie

filmography:

Britannia Hospital Britannia Hospital

1982

Pressure Pressure

1976

Cuba Cuba

1979

Lucky Break Lucky Break

2001

The Calcium Kid The Calcium Kid

2004

Playing Away Playing Away

1987

Man Friday Man Friday

1972

The Passion of Remembrance The Passion of Remembrance

1986

O Mary This London O Mary This London

1994

City of Tiny Lights City of Tiny Lights

2016

Playboy of the West Indies Playboy of the West Indies

1985

Roadrunner Roadrunner

1977

Two Gentlemen Sharing Two Gentlemen Sharing

1969

Leo the Last Leo the Last

1970

The Education of Sonny Carson The Education of Sonny Carson

1974

Song for Marion Song for Marion

2012

Half Moon Street Half Moon Street

1986

Missing Persons Missing Persons

1990

In the Beautiful Caribbean In the Beautiful Caribbean

1972

Your Christmas or Mine 2 Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023

Your Christmas or Mine? Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

Virtual Sexuality Virtual Sexuality

1999

My Beautiful Laundrette My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

In Dreams In Dreams

1992

The Jazz Detective The Jazz Detective

1992

Joy Division Joy Division

2006

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