Ram John Holder
Acting
Born 1934-01-01 · 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
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Dec 7, 2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Dec 2, 2022
City of Tiny Lights
Sep 12, 2016
Song for Marion
Sep 15, 2012
Joy Division
Nov 17, 2006
The Calcium Kid
Apr 30, 2004
Lucky Break
Aug 24, 2001
Virtual Sexuality
Jul 2, 1999
O Mary This London
Mar 30, 1994
The Jazz Detective
Apr 27, 1992
Missing Persons
May 30, 1990
Playing Away
Jan 2, 1987
Half Moon Street
Aug 13, 1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Jan 2, 1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
Nov 16, 1985
Britannia Hospital
May 27, 1982
Cuba
Dec 21, 1979
Roadrunner
Jul 5, 1977
Pressure
Nov 19, 1976
The Education of Sonny Carson
Jul 17, 1974
Man Friday
Oct 30, 1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Feb 3, 1972
Leo the Last
Sep 4, 1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Sep 17, 1969