Actor profile

Ram John Holder

1st January 1934 Georgetown, British Guiana Acting

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

27 Movies 15 TV Shows 42 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Your Christmas or Mine 2 poster

Your Christmas or Mine 2 7th December 2023 as Grandad

Your Christmas or Mine? poster

Your Christmas or Mine? 2nd December 2022 as Grandad

City of Tiny Lights poster

City of Tiny Lights 12th September 2016 as Trinidad Pete

Song for Marion poster

Song for Marion 15th September 2012 as Charlie

Joy Division poster

Joy Division 17th November 2006 as Neville

The Calcium Kid poster

The Calcium Kid 30th April 2004 as Jamaican Barber

Lucky Break poster

Lucky Break 24th August 2001 as Old Billy Morris

Virtual Sexuality poster

Virtual Sexuality 2nd July 1999 as Declan

O Mary This London poster

O Mary This London 30th March 1994 as Neville

In Dreams 23rd December 1992 as Uncle Norman

The Jazz Detective poster

The Jazz Detective 27th April 1992 as Silver

Missing Persons poster

Missing Persons 30th May 1990 as Chalky White

Playing Away poster

Playing Away 2nd January 1987 as Wilf

Half Moon Street poster

Half Moon Street 13th August 1986 as Lindsay Walker

The Passion of Remembrance poster

The Passion of Remembrance 2nd January 1986 as Benjy Baptiste

My Beautiful Laundrette poster

My Beautiful Laundrette 16th November 1985 as Poet

Playboy of the West Indies 13th October 1985 as Mac

Britannia Hospital poster

Britannia Hospital 27th May 1982 as Radical

Cuba poster

Cuba 21st December 1979 as Fat Sergeant

Roadrunner poster

Roadrunner 5th July 1977 as Trevor Ford

Pressure poster

Pressure 19th November 1976 as Brother John

Robinson Crusoe poster

Robinson Crusoe 29th December 1974 as Friday

The Education of Sonny Carson poster

The Education of Sonny Carson 17th July 1974 as Preacher

Man Friday poster

Man Friday 30th October 1972 as Man Friday

In the Beautiful Caribbean poster

In the Beautiful Caribbean 3rd February 1972 as Bredda Ordinance

Leo the Last poster

Leo the Last 4th September 1970 as Black Preacher

Two Gentlemen Sharing poster

Two Gentlemen Sharing 17th September 1969 as Marcus

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as Nelson Myers

White Van Man poster

White Van Man 22nd March 2011 as Uncle Phil

Beautiful People poster

Beautiful People 2nd October 2008 as Big Barry

Stupid! 6th December 2004 as Various Characters

Hex poster

Hex 17th October 2004 as Voodoo Priest

The Story of Tracy Beaker poster

The Story of Tracy Beaker 8th January 2002 as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer

Porkpie 13th November 1995 as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Danny Flowers

Desmond's poster

Desmond's 5th January 1989 as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

The Fear poster

The Fear 17th February 1988 as Cuke

Rockliffe's Babies poster

Rockliffe's Babies 9th January 1987 as Wiley Hillam

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Vivian House

The Jazz Age 10th September 1968

ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse 25th September 1967 as Trevor Ford

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Friday