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

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Born:: Jan 1, 1934 In Georgetown, British Guiana
Movie/TV Credits:: 28
First Appeared:: In the series BBC Play of the Month 1965-10-19
Latest Project:: Movie Your Christmas or Mine 2 2023-12-07

Filmography

Movie	Your Christmas or Mine 2	Grandad	2023-12-07
Movie	Your Christmas or Mine?	Grandad	2022-12-02
Movie	City of Tiny Lights	Trinidad Pete	2016-09-12
Movie	Song for Marion	Charlie	2012-09-15
Series	White Van Man	Uncle Phil	2011-03-22
Series	Death in Paradise	Nelson Myers	2011-10-25
Movie	Joy Division	Neville	2006-11-17
Movie	The Calcium Kid	Jamaican Barber	2004-04-30
Series	Hex	Unknown	2004-10-17
Movie	Lucky Break	Old Billy Morris	2001-08-24
Movie	Virtual Sexuality	Declan	1999-07-02
Series	Porkpie	Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant	1995-11-13
Series	Heartbeat	Unknown	1992-04-10
Series	Desmond's	Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant	1989-01-05
Movie	Playing Away	Wilf	1987-01-02
Movie	The Passion of Remembrance	Benjy Baptiste	1986-01-02
Movie	Half Moon Street	Lindsay Walker	1986-08-13
Series	Casualty	Vivian House	1986-09-06
Movie	Playboy of the West Indies	Mac	1985-10-13
Movie	My Beautiful Laundrette	Poet	1985-11-16
Movie	Britannia Hospital	Radical	1982-05-27
Movie	Cuba	Fat Sergeant	1979-12-21
Movie	Pressure	Brother John	1976-11-19
Movie	The Education of Sonny Carson	Preacher	1974-07-17
Movie	In the Beautiful Caribbean	Bredda Ordinance	1972-02-03
Movie	Leo the Last	Black Preacher	1970-09-04
Movie	Two Gentlemen Sharing	Marcus	1969-09-17
Series	BBC Play of the Month	Unknown	1965-10-19