- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Georgetown, British Guiana
Ram John Holder
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
Filmography
movieYour Christmas or Mine 2
2023 · Grandad
movieYour Christmas or Mine?
2022 · Grandad
movieCity of Tiny Lights
2016 · Trinidad Pete
movieSong for Marion
2012 · Charlie
tvDeath in Paradise
2011 · Nelson Myers
tvWhite Van Man
2011 · Uncle Phil
tvBeautiful People
2008 · Big Barry
movieJoy Division
2006 · Neville
Stupid!
tvStupid!
2004 · Various Characters
tvHex
2004 · Voodoo Priest
movieThe Calcium Kid
2004 · Jamaican Barber
tvThe Story of Tracy Beaker
2002 · 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
movieLucky Break
2001 · Old Billy Morris
movieVirtual Sexuality
1999 · Declan
Porkpie
tvPorkpie
1995 · Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
movieO Mary This London
1994 · Neville
In Dreams
movieIn Dreams
1992 · Uncle Norman
movieThe Jazz Detective
1992 · Silver
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Danny Flowers
movieMissing Persons
1990 · Chalky White
tvDesmond's
1989 · Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
tvThe Fear
1988 · Cuke
tvRockliffe's Babies
1987 · Wiley Hillam
moviePlaying Away
1987 · Wilf
tvCasualty
1986 · George, Vivian House
movieHalf Moon Street
1986 · Lindsay Walker
movieThe Passion of Remembrance
1986 · Benjy Baptiste
movieMy Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · Poet
Playboy of the West Indies
moviePlayboy of the West Indies
1985 · Mac
movieBritannia Hospital
1982 · Radical
movieCuba
1979 · Fat Sergeant
movieRoadrunner
1977 · Trevor Ford
moviePressure
1976 · Brother John
movieRobinson Crusoe
1974 · Friday
movieThe Education of Sonny Carson
1974 · Preacher
movieMan Friday
1972 · Man Friday
movieIn the Beautiful Caribbean
1972 · Bredda Ordinance
movieTake a Girl Like You
1970 · Musician
movieLeo the Last
1970 · Black Preacher, Songs, Additional Writing
movieTwo Gentlemen Sharing
1969 · Marcus
Plays of Today
tvPlays of Today
1969 · Kahami
The Jazz Age
tvThe Jazz Age
1968
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Trevor Ford
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Friday