Ram John Holder

Ram John Holder

90 · Born: Jan 1, 1934

Personal Details

Born Jan 1, 1934 Georgetown, British Guiana

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

Career

2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Grandad
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2022
Your Christmas or Mine?
Your Christmas or Mine? as Grandad
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2012
Unfinished Song
Unfinished Song as Charlie
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2004
The Calcium Kid
The Calcium Kid as Jamaican Barber
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Heartbeat
Heartbeat as Danny Flowers
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1994
Screen Two
Screen Two as Neville
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1991
Screen Two
Screen Two as Brother Herman
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1990
Missing Persons
Missing Persons as Chalky White
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1989
Desmond's
Desmond's as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
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1986
Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street as Lindsay Walker
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1983
Video Stars
Video Stars as Doc Shadow
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1976
Pressure
Pressure as Brother John
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1974
The Education of Sonny Carson
The Education of Sonny Carson as Preacher
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1969
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Two Gentlemen Sharing as Marcus
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