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
Known For
| Birth Location | Georgetown, British Guiana |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934-01-01 |
Movies
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
2022
City of Tiny Lights
as Trinidad Pete
2016
Song for Marion
as Charlie
2012
Joy Division
as Neville
2006
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
2004
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
2001
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
1999
O Mary This London
as Neville
1994
Missing Persons
as Chalky White
1990
Playing Away
as Wilf
1987
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
1986
The Passion of Remembrance
as Benjy Baptiste
1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
1985
Playboy of the West Indies
as Mac
1985
Britannia Hospital
as Radical
1982
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
1979
Roadrunner
as Trevor Ford
1977
Pressure
as Brother John
1976
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Preacher
1974
Man Friday
as Man Friday
1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean
as Bredda Ordinance
1972
Leo the Last
as Black Preacher
1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Marcus
1969
Movies
Take a Girl Like You
Musician
1970