Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

Acting

Birthday

1934/01/01 (91 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Georgetown, British Guiana

Also know as

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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

Acting
Joy Division
5.1

(2006) Joy Division

as Neville

In the Beautiful Caribbean
0.0

(1972) In the Beautiful Caribbean

as Bredda Ordinance

Missing Persons
4.0

(1990) Missing Persons

as Chalky White

Half Moon Street
5.0

(1986) Half Moon Street

as Lindsay Walker

The Education of Sonny Carson
4.9

(1974) The Education of Sonny Carson

as Preacher

Song for Marion
6.9

(2012) Song for Marion

as Charlie

Your Christmas or Mine 2
6.2

(2023) Your Christmas or Mine 2

as Grandad

Your Christmas or Mine?
6.4

(2022) Your Christmas or Mine?

as Grandad

The Jazz Detective
0.0

(1992) The Jazz Detective

as Silver

7.0

(1992) In Dreams

as Uncle Norman

My Beautiful Laundrette
6.8

(1985) My Beautiful Laundrette

as Poet

Virtual Sexuality
5.2

(1999) Virtual Sexuality

as Declan

Leo the Last
5.4

(1970) Leo the Last

as Black Preacher

Two Gentlemen Sharing
4.0

(1969) Two Gentlemen Sharing

as Marcus

The Calcium Kid
5.6

(2004) The Calcium Kid

as Jamaican Barber

Lucky Break
6.2

(2001) Lucky Break

as Old Billy Morris

Cuba
5.5

(1979) Cuba

as Fat Sergeant

Britannia Hospital
6.4

(1982) Britannia Hospital

as Radical

Pressure
6.0

(1976) Pressure

as Brother John

Playing Away
5.6

(1987) Playing Away

as Wilf

Man Friday
0.0

(1972) Man Friday

as Man Friday

Roadrunner
0.0

(1977) Roadrunner

as Trevor Ford

0.0

(1985) Playboy of the West Indies

as Mac

City of Tiny Lights
5.3

(2016) City of Tiny Lights

as Trinidad Pete

The Passion of Remembrance
0.0

(1986) The Passion of Remembrance

as Benjy Baptiste

O Mary This London
0.0

(1994) O Mary This London

as Neville

Heartbeat
7.0

(1992) Heartbeat

as Danny Flowers

Hex
6.3

(2004) Hex

as ---

6.0

(1995) Porkpie

as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

Desmond's
7.1

(1989) Desmond's

as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Friday

White Van Man
6.6

(2011) White Van Man

as Uncle Phil

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as George

Beautiful People
7.3

(2008) Beautiful People

as Big Barry

Death in Paradise
7.4

(2011) Death in Paradise

as Nelson Myers

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Vivian House

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.2

(1996) Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Chalky White