Ram John Holder

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Ram John Holder

Acting 92 January 1, 1934

Georgetown, British Guiana

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 a…

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Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

6.7 1985 Movie
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine?

6.4 2022 Movie
Song for Marion

Song for Marion

6.8 2012 Movie
Hex

Hex

6.5 2004 TV Show
Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2

6.2 2023 Movie
The Story of Tracy Beaker

The Story of Tracy Beaker

6.5 2002 TV Show
City of Tiny Lights

City of Tiny Lights

5.2 2016 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Your Christmas or Mine 2

    Movie Grandad

  2. 2022
    Your Christmas or Mine?

    Movie Grandad

  3. 2016
    City of Tiny Lights

    Movie Trinidad Pete

  4. 2012
    Song for Marion

    Movie Charlie

  5. 2011
    Death in Paradise

    TV show Nelson Myers

  6. 2011
    White Van Man

    TV show Uncle Phil

  7. 2008
    Beautiful People

    TV show Big Barry

  8. 2006
    Joy Division

    Movie Neville

  9. 2004
    Stupid!

    TV show Various Characters

  10. 2004
    Hex

    TV show Voodoo Priest

  11. 2004
    The Calcium Kid

    Movie Jamaican Barber

  12. 2002
    The Story of Tracy Beaker

    TV show 'Flying' Freddie Mercer

  13. 2001
    Lucky Break

    Movie Old Billy Morris

  14. 1999
    Virtual Sexuality

    Movie Declan

  15. 1995
    Porkpie

    TV show Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

  16. 1994
    O Mary This London

    Movie Neville

More credits
  1. 1992
    In Dreams

    Movie Uncle Norman

  2. 1992
    The Jazz Detective

    Movie Silver

  3. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Danny Flowers

  4. 1990
    Missing Persons

    Movie Chalky White

  5. 1989
    Desmond's

    TV show Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

  6. 1988
    The Fear

    TV show Cuke

  7. 1987
    Rockliffe's Babies

    TV show Wiley Hillam

  8. 1987
    Playing Away

    Movie Wilf

  9. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show George

  10. 1986
    Half Moon Street

    Movie Lindsay Walker

  11. 1986
    The Passion of Remembrance

    Movie Benjy Baptiste

  12. 1985
    My Beautiful Laundrette

    Movie Poet

  13. 1985
    Playboy of the West Indies

    Movie Mac

  14. 1982
    Britannia Hospital

    Movie Radical

  15. 1979
    Cuba

    Movie Fat Sergeant

  16. 1977
    Roadrunner

    Movie Trevor Ford

  17. 1976
    Pressure

    Movie Brother John

  18. 1974
    Robinson Crusoe

    Movie Friday

  19. 1974
    The Education of Sonny Carson

    Movie Preacher

  20. 1972
    Man Friday

    Movie Man Friday

  21. 1972
    In the Beautiful Caribbean

    Movie Bredda Ordinance

  22. 1970
    Take a Girl Like You

    Movie Musician

  23. 1970
    Leo the Last

    Movie Black Preacher

  24. 1969
    Two Gentlemen Sharing

    Movie Marcus