Actor
Ram John Holder
Born January 1, 1934 in Georgetown, British Guiana28 films
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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First watchHalf Moon Street19865.0as Lindsay WalkerA major role.Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
28 films as actor- 2023Your Christmas or Mine 2Grandad
- 2022Your Christmas or Mine?Grandad
- 2016City of Tiny LightsTrinidad Pete
- 2012Song for MarionCharlie
- 2006Joy DivisionNeville
- 2004The Calcium KidJamaican Barber
- 2001Lucky BreakOld Billy Morris
- 1999Virtual SexualityDeclan
- 1994O Mary This LondonNeville
- 1992In DreamsUncle Norman
- 1992The Jazz DetectiveSilver
- 1990Missing PersonsChalky White
- 1987Playing AwayWilf
- 1986Half Moon StreetLindsay Walker
- 1986The Passion of RemembranceBenjy Baptiste
- 1985My Beautiful LaundrettePoet
- 1985Playboy of the West IndiesMac
- 1983Video StarsDoc Shadow
- 1982Britannia HospitalRadical
- 1979CubaFat Sergeant
- 1977RoadrunnerTrevor Ford
- 1976PressureBrother John
- 1974Robinson CrusoeFriday
- 1974The Education of Sonny CarsonPreacher
- 1972Man FridayMan Friday
- 1972In the Beautiful CaribbeanBredda Ordinance
- 1970Leo the LastBlack Preacher
- 1969Two Gentlemen SharingMarcus