Roland Curram
Known For
Acting
Born
1932-01-01 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Died
2025-06-01
Biography
Roland Curram was an actor and novelist. His most famous credits include Julie Christie's travelling companion in her Oscar-winning film Darling and expatriate Freddie in the BBC soap opera Eldorado. He was married from 1964 until 1985 to the actress Sheila Gish, with whom he had two daughters, the actors Lou Gish (1967–2006) and Kay Curram (b. 1974). Curram came out as gay in the early 1990s, ahead of his role as Freddie, a gay man who had previously been married and had a daughter. Curram left acting in the early 00s to commence a second career as an author with novels such as The Problem with Happiness, Mother Loved Funerals, Man on the Beach, and his memoir, Which Way to Love? He died, aged 93, in 2025.
Most Known For
The Avengers
Holby City
as Ted Carver
No Hiding Place
Out of the Unknown
as Ronnie Cash
Maigret
Terry and June
as Brian Pillbeam
Churchill's People
as Slave Buyer
Betzi
as Count Bertrand
Eldorado
as Freddie Martin
King of the River
as Western
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
The Informer
as Peter Larosse
Peeping Tom
as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
as Rupert Warner
Dunkirk
as Harper
They Met in a City
as Georgie Price
The Misfit
as Vernon
Darling
as Malcolm
Redcap
Nana
as Fauchery