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
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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Filmography (Movies)
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Character:Grandad
Release Date:07/12/2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Character:Grandad
Release Date:02/12/2022
City of Tiny Lights
Character:Trinidad Pete
Release Date:12/09/2016
Song for Marion
Character:Charlie
Release Date:15/09/2012
Joy Division
Character:Neville
Release Date:17/11/2006
The Calcium Kid
Character:Jamaican Barber
Release Date:30/04/2004
Lucky Break
Character:Old Billy Morris
Release Date:24/08/2001
Virtual Sexuality
Character:Declan
Release Date:02/07/1999
O Mary This London
Character:Neville
Release Date:30/03/1994
In Dreams
Character:Uncle Norman
Release Date:23/12/1992
The Jazz Detective
Character:Silver
Release Date:27/04/1992
Missing Persons
Character:Chalky White
Release Date:30/05/1990
Playing Away
Character:Wilf
Release Date:02/01/1987
Half Moon Street
Character:Lindsay Walker
Release Date:13/08/1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Character:Benjy Baptiste
Release Date:02/01/1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
Character:Poet
Release Date:16/11/1985
Playboy of the West Indies
Character:Mac
Release Date:13/10/1985
Britannia Hospital
Character:Radical
Release Date:27/05/1982
Cuba
Character:Fat Sergeant
Release Date:21/12/1979
Roadrunner
Character:Trevor Ford
Release Date:05/07/1977
Pressure
Character:Brother John
Release Date:19/11/1976
The Education of Sonny Carson
Character:Preacher
Release Date:17/07/1974
Man Friday
Character:Man Friday
Release Date:30/10/1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Character:Bredda Ordinance
Release Date:03/02/1972
Leo the Last
Character:Black Preacher
Release Date:04/09/1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Character:Marcus
Release Date:17/09/1969
Television Appearances
Death in Paradise
Character:Nelson Myers
White Van Man
Character:Uncle Phil
Beautiful People
Character:Big Barry
Stupid!
Character:Various Characters
Hex
Character:
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Character:'Flying' Freddie Mercer
Porkpie
Character:Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Heartbeat
Character:Danny Flowers
Desmond's
Character:Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Rockliffe's Babies
Character:Wiley Hillam
Casualty
Character:George
Casualty
Character:Vivian House
The Jazz Age
Character:
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Friday
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