Ram John Holder
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
Movie Appearances
Joy Division
as Neville
2006
In the Beautiful Caribbean
as Bredda Ordinance
1972
Missing Persons
as Chalky White
1990
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
1986
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Preacher
1974
Song for Marion
as Charlie
2012
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
2022
The Jazz Detective
as Silver
1992
In Dreams
as Uncle Norman
1992
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
1985
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
1999
Leo the Last
as Black Preacher
1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Marcus
1969
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
2001
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
2004
Britannia Hospital
as Radical
1982
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
1979
Pressure
as Brother John
1976
Playing Away
as Wilf
1987
TV Appearances
Heartbeat
as Danny Flowers
1992
Porkpie
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1995
Desmond's
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1989
White Van Man
as Uncle Phil
2011
Casualty
as George
1986
Beautiful People
as Big Barry
2008
Death in Paradise
as Nelson Myers
2011
Casualty
as Vivian House
1986
The Story of Tracy Beaker
as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer
2002
Stupid!
as Various Characters
2004
BBC Play of the Month
as Friday
1965
The Jazz Age
1968