Ram John Holder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1934 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Georgetown, British Guiana
- Credits
- 44
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
Known for
Filmography
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023Movie
Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022Movie
Grandad
City of Tiny Lights
2016Movie
Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion
2012Movie
Charlie
Death in Paradise
2011TV
Nelson Myers
White Van Man
2011TV
Uncle Phil
Beautiful People
2008TV
Big Barry
Joy Division
2006Movie
Neville
Stupid!
2004TV
Various Characters
Hex
2004TV
Voodoo Priest
The Calcium Kid
2004Movie
Jamaican Barber
The Story of Tracy Beaker
2002TV
'Flying' Freddie Mercer
Lucky Break
2001Movie
Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality
1999Movie
Declan
Porkpie
1995TV
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
O Mary This London
1994Movie
Neville
In Dreams
1992Movie
Uncle Norman
The Jazz Detective
1992Movie
Silver
Heartbeat
1992TV
Danny Flowers
Missing Persons
1990Movie
Chalky White
Desmond's
1989TV
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
The Fear
1988TV
Cuke
Rockliffe's Babies
1987TV
Wiley Hillam
Playing Away
1987Movie
Wilf
Casualty
1986TV
George, Vivian House
Half Moon Street
1986Movie
Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance
1986Movie
Benjy Baptiste
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985Movie
Poet
Playboy of the West Indies
1985Movie
Mac
Video Stars
1983Movie
Doc Shadow
Britannia Hospital
1982Movie
Radical
Cuba
1979Movie
Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner
1977Movie
Trevor Ford
Pressure
1976Movie
Brother John
Robinson Crusoe
1974Movie
Friday
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974Movie
Preacher
Man Friday
1972Movie
Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean
1972Movie
Bredda Ordinance
Leo the Last
1970Movie
Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing
1969Movie
Marcus
Plays of Today
1969TV
Kahami
The Jazz Age
1968TV
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Trevor Ford
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Friday