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
Filmography
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
City of Tiny Lights
as Trinidad Pete
City of Tiny Lights
as Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion
as Charlie
Song for Marion
as Charlie
Joy Division
as Neville
Joy Division
as Neville
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
O Mary This London
as Neville
O Mary This London
as Neville
In Dreams
as Uncle Norman
In Dreams
as Uncle Norman
The Jazz Detective
as Silver
The Jazz Detective
as Silver
Missing Persons
as Chalky White
Missing Persons
as Chalky White
Playing Away
as Wilf
Playing Away
as Wilf
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
Half Moon Street
as Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance
as Benjy Baptiste
The Passion of Remembrance
as Benjy Baptiste
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Poet
Playboy of the West Indies
as Mac
Playboy of the West Indies
as Mac
Britannia Hospital
as Radical
Britannia Hospital
as Radical
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
Cuba
as Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner
as Trevor Ford
Roadrunner
as Trevor Ford
Pressure
as Brother John
Pressure
as Brother John
Robinson Crusoe
as Friday
Robinson Crusoe
as Friday
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Preacher
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Preacher
Man Friday
as Man Friday
Man Friday
as Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean
as Bredda Ordinance
In the Beautiful Caribbean
as Bredda Ordinance
Leo the Last
as Black Preacher
Leo the Last
as Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Marcus
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Marcus