Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

  • Birthday: 1934-01-01
  • Place of birth: Georgetown, British Guiana

Biography

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

Joy Division

2006

As Neville

Half Moon Street

1986

As Lindsay Walker

Song for Marion

2012

As Charlie

Leo the Last

1970

As Black Preacher

Lucky Break

2001

As Old Billy Morris

Virtual Sexuality

1999

As Declan

The Calcium Kid

2004

As Jamaican Barber

Two Gentlemen Sharing

1969

As Marcus

Britannia Hospital

1982

As Radical

Cuba

1979

As Fat Sergeant

Pressure

1976

As Brother John

Playing Away

1987

As Wilf

Man Friday

1972

As Man Friday

Roadrunner

1977

As Trevor Ford

City of Tiny Lights

2016

As Trinidad Pete

The Passion of Remembrance

1986

As Benjy Baptiste

O Mary This London

1994

As Neville

Missing Persons

1990

As Chalky White

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

As Grandad

In the Beautiful Caribbean

1972

As Bredda Ordinance

Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023

As Grandad

Production

Take a Girl Like You

1970

As Musician

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