7.4
TV
Acting
Ram John Holder
- Born
- (age 92)
- Birthplace
- Georgetown, British Guiana
- Credits
- 45 titles
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
Signature work
Known For
7.4
TV
6.7
Movie
My Beautiful Laundrette
6.4
Movie
Your Christmas or Mine?
6.8
Movie
Song for Marion
6.2
Movie
Your Christmas or Mine 2
6.2
TV
Casualty
5.2
Movie
City of Tiny Lights
6.2
Movie
Britannia Hospital
6.5
TV
Hex
5.5
Movie
The Calcium Kid
5.0
Movie
Half Moon Street
5.3
Movie
Virtual Sexuality
5.5
Movie
Cuba
6.3
Movie
Lucky Break
7.1
TV
Heartbeat
6.5
TV
The Story of Tracy Beaker
5.2
Movie
Joy Division
6.8
TV
Beautiful People
Acting credits 44
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Your Christmas or Mine 2 Film | Grandad |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? Film | Grandad |
| 2016 | City of Tiny Lights Film | Trinidad Pete |
| 2012 | Song for Marion Film | Charlie |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Nelson Myers (4 ep) |
| 2011 | White Van Man TV | Uncle Phil (3 ep) |
| 2008 | Beautiful People TV | Big Barry (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Joy Division Film | Neville |
| 2004 | Stupid! TV | Various Characters (5 ep) |
| 2004 | Hex TV | Voodoo Priest (2 ep) |
| 2004 | The Calcium Kid Film | Jamaican Barber |
| 2002 | The Story of Tracy Beaker TV | 'Flying' Freddie Mercer (3 ep) |
| 2001 | Lucky Break Film | Old Billy Morris |
| 1999 | Virtual Sexuality Film | Declan |
| 1995 | Porkpie TV | Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant (12 ep) |
| 1994 | O Mary This London Film | Neville |
| 1992 | In Dreams Film | Uncle Norman |
| 1992 | The Jazz Detective Film | Silver |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Danny Flowers (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Missing Persons Film | Chalky White |
| 1989 | Desmond's TV | Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant (71 ep) |
| 1988 | The Fear TV | Cuke (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Rockliffe's Babies TV | Wiley Hillam (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Playing Away Film | Wilf |
| 1986 | Casualty TV | George, Vivian House (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Half Moon Street Film | Lindsay Walker |
| 1986 | The Passion of Remembrance Film | Benjy Baptiste |
| 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette Film | Poet |
| 1985 | Playboy of the West Indies Film | Mac |
| 1983 | Video Stars Film | Doc Shadow |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital Film | Radical |
| 1979 | Cuba Film | Fat Sergeant |
| 1977 | Roadrunner Film | Trevor Ford |
| 1976 | Pressure Film | Brother John |
| 1974 | Robinson Crusoe Film | Friday |
| 1974 | The Education of Sonny Carson Film | Preacher |
| 1972 | Man Friday Film | Man Friday |
| 1972 | In the Beautiful Caribbean Film | Bredda Ordinance |
| 1970 | Leo the Last Film | Black Preacher |
| 1969 | Two Gentlemen Sharing Film | Marcus |
| 1969 | Plays of Today TV | Kahami (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Jazz Age TV | (1 ep) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Trevor Ford (1 ep) |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month TV | Friday (1 ep) |
Crew credits 2
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Take a Girl Like You Film | Musician |
| 1970 | Leo the Last Film | Songs, Additional Writing |