Ram John Holder
Acting Born Jan 1, 1934 Georgetown, British Guiana 24 credits
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
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Full filmography
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Nelson Myers
- Casualty (1986) as George
- Casualty (1986) as Vivian House
- Heartbeat (1992) as Danny Flowers
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Friday
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Trevor Ford
- The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002) as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
- Hex (2004) as Voodoo Priest
- The Jazz Age (1968)
- Desmond's (1989) as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
- Rockliffe's Babies (1987) as Wiley Hillam
- Beautiful People (2008) as Big Barry
- Joy Division (2006) as Neville
- White Van Man (2011) as Uncle Phil
- My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) as Poet
- The Fear (1988) as Cuke
- Stupid! (2004) as Various Characters
- Cuba (1979) as Fat Sergeant
- The Calcium Kid (2004) as Jamaican Barber
- Porkpie (1995) as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
- Lucky Break (2001) as Old Billy Morris
- Plays of Today (1969) as Kahami
- Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) as Grandad
- Song for Marion (2012) as Charlie