Ram John Holder
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
Filmography 43
Movies (27)
Your Christmas or Mine 22023Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?2022Grandad
City of Tiny Lights2016Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion2012Charlie
Joy Division2006Neville
The Calcium Kid2004Jamaican Barber
Lucky Break2001Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality1999Declan
O Mary This London1994Neville- In Dreams1992Uncle Norman
The Jazz Detective1992Silver
Missing Persons1990Chalky White
Playing Away1987Wilf
Half Moon Street1986Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance1986Benjy Baptiste
My Beautiful Laundrette1985Poet- Playboy of the West Indies1985Mac
Britannia Hospital1982Radical
Cuba1979Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner1977Trevor Ford
Pressure1976Brother John
Robinson Crusoe1974Friday
The Education of Sonny Carson1974Preacher
Man Friday1972Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean1972Bredda Ordinance
Leo the Last1970Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing1969Marcus
Shows (16)
Death in Paradise2011Nelson Myers
White Van Man2011Uncle Phil
Beautiful People2008Big Barry- Stupid!2004Various Characters
Hex2004Voodoo Priest
The Story of Tracy Beaker2002'Flying' Freddie Mercer- Porkpie1995Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Heartbeat1992Danny Flowers
Desmond's1989Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
The Fear1988Cuke
Rockliffe's Babies1987Wiley Hillam
Casualty1986George- Plays of Today1969Kahami
- The Jazz Age1968
ITV Playhouse1967Trevor Ford
BBC Play of the Month1965Friday