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Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Actor · Born 1934-01-01 · Georgetown, British Guiana

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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

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Death in Paradise (2011) — Nelson Myers
  2. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) — Poet
  3. Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) — Grandad
  4. Song for Marion (2012) — Charlie
  5. Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) — Grandad
  6. Casualty (1986) — George
  7. City of Tiny Lights (2016) — Trinidad Pete
  8. Britannia Hospital (1982) — Radical
  9. Hex (2004) — Voodoo Priest
  10. The Calcium Kid (2004) — Jamaican Barber
  11. Half Moon Street (1986) — Lindsay Walker
  12. Virtual Sexuality (1999) — Declan
  13. Cuba (1979) — Fat Sergeant
  14. Lucky Break (2001) — Old Billy Morris
  15. Heartbeat (1992) — Danny Flowers
  16. The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002) — 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
  17. Joy Division (2006) — Neville
  18. Beautiful People (2008) — Big Barry
  19. Leo the Last (1970) — Black Preacher
  20. Desmond's (1989) — Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
  21. White Van Man (2011) — Uncle Phil
  22. Pressure (1976) — Brother John
  23. The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) — Preacher
  24. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Friday
  25. Playing Away (1987) — Wilf
  26. Rockliffe's Babies (1987) — Wiley Hillam
  27. Porkpie (1995) — Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
  28. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Trevor Ford
  29. In Dreams (1992) — Uncle Norman
  30. Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) — Marcus
  31. Stupid! (2004) — Various Characters
  32. Missing Persons (1990) — Chalky White
  33. The Jazz Detective (1992) — Silver
  34. Man Friday (1972) — Man Friday
  35. O Mary This London (1994) — Neville
  36. Robinson Crusoe (1974) — Friday
  37. The Fear (1988) — Cuke
  38. In the Beautiful Caribbean (1972) — Bredda Ordinance
  39. Roadrunner (1977) — Trevor Ford
  40. Playboy of the West Indies (1985) — Mac