Ram John Holder
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-01-01 in Georgetown, British Guiana
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
Most Known For
Death in Paradise
as Nelson Myers
Casualty
as George
Casualty
as Vivian House
Heartbeat
as Danny Flowers
BBC Play of the Month
as Friday
Joy Division
as Neville
The Story of Tracy Beaker
as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
Hex
Roadrunner
as Trevor Ford
Beautiful People
as Big Barry
Desmond's
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
White Van Man
as Uncle Phil
The Jazz Age
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
Rockliffe's Babies
as Wiley Hillam
Man Friday
as Man Friday
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
Stupid!
as Various Characters