Ram John Holder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1934
- Birthplace
- Georgetown, British Guiana
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
Filmography
Your Christmas or Mine 2 2023
as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine? 2022
as Grandad
City of Tiny Lights 2016
as Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion 2012
as Charlie
Joy Division 2006
as Neville
The Calcium Kid 2004
as Jamaican Barber
Lucky Break 2001
as Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality 1999
as Declan
O Mary This London 1994
as Neville
- In Dreams
In Dreams 1992
as Uncle Norman
The Jazz Detective 1992
as Silver
Missing Persons 1990
as Chalky White
Playing Away 1987
as Wilf
Half Moon Street 1986
as Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance 1986
as Benjy Baptiste
My Beautiful Laundrette 1985
as Poet
- Playboy of the West Indies
Playboy of the West Indies 1985
as Mac
Video Stars 1983
as Doc Shadow
Britannia Hospital 1982
as Radical
Cuba 1979
as Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner 1977
as Trevor Ford
Pressure 1976
as Brother John
Robinson Crusoe 1974
as Friday
The Education of Sonny Carson 1974
as Preacher
Man Friday 1972
as Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean 1972
as Bredda Ordinance
Take a Girl Like You 1970
Musician
Leo the Last 1970
as Black Preacher, Songs, Additional Writing
Two Gentlemen Sharing 1969
as Marcus
Credits from TMDB.