Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Born 1934-01-01 (age 92) Georgetown, British Guiana
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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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Known For

Joy Division
Joy Division

2006

as Neville

My Beautiful Laundrette
Cuba
Cuba

1979

as Fat Sergeant

Song for Marion
Song for Marion

2012

as Charlie

The Education of Sonny Carson
Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street

1986

as Lindsay Walker

Virtual Sexuality
Virtual Sexuality

1999

as Declan

The Calcium Kid
The Calcium Kid

2004

as Jamaican Barber

Lucky Break
Lucky Break

2001

as Old Billy Morris

Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital

1982

as Radical

Your Christmas or Mine?
Leo the Last
Leo the Last

1970

as Black Preacher

Your Christmas or Mine 2
City of Tiny Lights
City of Tiny Lights

2016

as Trinidad Pete

Man Friday
Man Friday

1972

as Man Friday

The Passion of Remembrance
The Passion of Remembrance

1986

as Benjy Baptiste

Pressure
Pressure

1976

as Brother John

The Jazz Detective
The Jazz Detective

1992

as Silver

Playing Away
Playing Away

1987

as Wilf

O Mary This London
O Mary This London

1994

as Neville