Ram John Holder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1934 (age 92)
- Birthplace
- 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
Known For
Filmography
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Movie · as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?
Movie · as Grandad
City of Tiny Lights
Movie · as Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion
Movie · as Charlie
White Van Man
TV · as Uncle Phil · 3 eps
Death in Paradise
TV · as Nelson Myers · 4 eps
Beautiful People
TV · as Big Barry · 1 ep
Joy Division
Movie · as Neville
The Calcium Kid
Movie · as Jamaican Barber
Stupid!
TV · as Various Characters · 5 eps
Hex
TV · as Voodoo Priest · 2 eps
The Story of Tracy Beaker
TV · as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer · 3 eps
Lucky Break
Movie · as Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality
Movie · as Declan
Porkpie
TV · as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 12 eps
O Mary This London
Movie · as Neville
The Jazz Detective
Movie · as Silver
In Dreams
Movie · as Uncle Norman
Heartbeat
TV · as Danny Flowers · 1 ep
Missing Persons
Movie · as Chalky White
Desmond's
TV · as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 71 eps
The Fear
TV · as Cuke · 1 ep
Playing Away
Movie · as Wilf
Rockliffe's Babies
TV · as Wiley Hillam · 1 ep
Half Moon Street
Movie · as Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance
Movie · as Benjy Baptiste
Casualty
TV · as George, Vivian House · 1 ep
My Beautiful Laundrette
Movie · as Poet
Playboy of the West Indies
Movie · as Mac
Video Stars
Movie · as Doc Shadow
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Radical
Cuba
Movie · as Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner
Movie · as Trevor Ford
Pressure
Movie · as Brother John
The Education of Sonny Carson
Movie · as Preacher
Robinson Crusoe
Movie · as Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Movie · as Bredda Ordinance
Man Friday
Movie · as Man Friday
Leo the Last
Movie · as Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Movie · as Marcus
Plays of Today
TV · as Kahami · 1 ep
The Jazz Age
TV · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Trevor Ford · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Friday · 1 ep