Ram John Holder
Acting
Born January 1, 1934 · 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 · 40 titles
Death in Paradise
Casualty
Heartbeat
BBC Play of the Month
ITV Playhouse
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Desmond's
Hex
Rockliffe's Babies
Stupid!
Porkpie
The Jazz Age
Beautiful People
Joy Division
White Van Man
Your Christmas or Mine?
My Beautiful Laundrette
Cuba
Song for Marion
The Fear
Britannia Hospital
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Plays of Today
Half Moon Street
City of Tiny Lights
Virtual Sexuality
Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean
The Calcium Kid
Robinson Crusoe
The Passion of Remembrance
Lucky Break
The Education of Sonny Carson
O Mary This London
Playboy of the West Indies
Roadrunner
Pressure
Leo the Last
Two Gentlemen Sharing
The Jazz Detective