Ram John Holder
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
Movies 28
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
1985
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
2022
City of Tiny Lights
as Trinidad Pete
2016
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
2023
Joy Division
as Neville
2006
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
1979
Song for Marion
as Charlie
2012
Britannia Hospital
as Radical
1982
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
2004
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
1986
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
2001
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
1999
Video Stars
as Doc Shadow
1983
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Preacher
1974
Leo the Last
as Black Preacher
1970
The Passion of Remembrance
as Benjy Baptiste
1986
Robinson Crusoe
as Friday
1974
Man Friday
as Man Friday
1972
O Mary This London
as Neville
1994
Missing Persons
as Chalky White
1990
Pressure
as Brother John
1976
Roadrunner
as Trevor Ford
1977
Playboy of the West Indies
as Mac
1985
Playing Away
as Wilf
1987
The Jazz Detective
as Silver
1992
In the Beautiful Caribbean
as Bredda Ordinance
1972
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Marcus
1969
In Dreams
as Uncle Norman
1992TV Shows 17
Death in Paradise
as Nelson Myers
2011
Casualty
as George
1986
Casualty
as Vivian House
1986
Heartbeat
as Danny Flowers
1992
BBC Play of the Month
as Friday
1965
ITV Playhouse
as Trevor Ford
1967
The Story of Tracy Beaker
as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
2002
Desmond's
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1989
Hex
as Voodoo Priest
2004
Beautiful People
as Big Barry
2008
Rockliffe's Babies
as Wiley Hillam
1987
The Jazz Age
1968
White Van Man
as Uncle Phil
2011
Stupid!
as Various Characters
2004
Porkpie
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1995
The Fear
as Cuke
1988
Plays of Today
as Kahami
1969