Ram John Holder

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1934-01-01 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Georgetown, British Guiana

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

Known For

Actor

2016
City of Tiny Lights

as Trinidad Pete

2012
Song for Marion

as Charlie

2011
Death in Paradise

as Nelson Myers

2011
White Van Man

as Uncle Phil

2008
Beautiful People

as Big Barry

2006
Joy Division

as Neville

2004
The Calcium Kid

as Jamaican Barber

2004
2001
Lucky Break

as Old Billy Morris

1999
1996
1995
Porkpie

as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

1994
1992
In Dreams

as Uncle Norman

1992
1992
Heartbeat

as Danny Flowers

1990
Missing Persons

as Chalky White

1989
Desmond's

as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

1987
Playing Away

as Wilf

1986
Half Moon Street

as Lindsay Walker

1986
The Passion of Remembrance

as Benjy Baptiste

1986
Casualty

as George

1986
Casualty

as Vivian House

1982
1979
Cuba

as Fat Sergeant

1977
Roadrunner

as Trevor Ford

1976
Pressure

as Brother John

1972
Man Friday

as Man Friday

1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean

as Bredda Ordinance

1970
Leo the Last

as Black Preacher

1969
1965

Sound

1970