Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Birthdate
January 1, 1934 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 1, 1934 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana
Known For
Acting

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

Ram John Holder's LGBTQ+ Titles

My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette
Poet

Acting (37)

2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Grandad
2022
Your Christmas or Mine? as Grandad
2016
City of Tiny Lights as Trinidad Pete
2012
Song for Marion as Charlie
2011
Death in Paradise as Nelson Myers (4 episodes)
2011
White Van Man as Uncle Phil (3 episodes)
2008
Beautiful People as Big Barry (1 episode)
2006
Joy Division as Neville
2004
Hex (1 episode)
2004
The Calcium Kid as Jamaican Barber
2001
Lucky Break as Old Billy Morris
1999
Virtual Sexuality as Declan
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Chalky White (1 episode)
1995
Porkpie as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant (12 episodes)
1994
O Mary This London as Neville
1992
In Dreams as Uncle Norman
1992
The Jazz Detective as Silver
1992
Heartbeat as Danny Flowers (1 episode)
1990
Missing Persons as Chalky White
1989
Desmond's as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant (71 episodes)
1987
Playing Away as Wilf
1986
Casualty as George (1 episode)
1986
Casualty as Vivian House (1 episode)
1986
Half Moon Street as Lindsay Walker
1986
The Passion of Remembrance as Benjy Baptiste
1985
Playboy of the West Indies as Mac
1982
Britannia Hospital as Radical
1979
Cuba as Fat Sergeant
1977
Roadrunner as Trevor Ford
1976
Pressure as Brother John
1974
The Education of Sonny Carson as Preacher
1972
Man Friday as Man Friday
1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean as Bredda Ordinance
1970
Leo the Last as Black Preacher
1969
Two Gentlemen Sharing as Marcus
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Friday (1 episode)

Sound (1)

1970
Take a Girl Like You • Musician
• Musician