Ram John Holder

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-01 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Georgetown, British Guiana

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

Acting

2006

Joy Division

as Neville

1972

In the Beautiful Caribbean

as Bredda Ordinance

1990

Missing Persons

as Chalky White

1986

Half Moon Street

as Lindsay Walker

2012

Song for Marion

as Charlie

1992

1992

In Dreams

as Uncle Norman

1999

1970

Leo the Last

as Black Preacher

2004

The Calcium Kid

as Jamaican Barber

2001

Lucky Break

as Old Billy Morris

1979

Cuba

as Fat Sergeant

1982

1976

Pressure

as Brother John

1987

1972

Man Friday

as Man Friday

1977

Roadrunner

as Trevor Ford

2016

City of Tiny Lights

as Trinidad Pete

1986

1994

Production

1970

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