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Ram John Holder
Born
1 January 1934
Place
Georgetown, British Guiana
Acting

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

As actor

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023 · Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022 · Grandad
City of Tiny Lights

City of Tiny Lights

2016 · Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion

Song for Marion

2012 · Charlie
Joy Division

Joy Division

2006 · Neville
The Calcium Kid

The Calcium Kid

2004 · Jamaican Barber
Lucky Break

Lucky Break

2001 · Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality

Virtual Sexuality

1999 · Declan
O Mary This London

O Mary This London

1994 · Neville
The Jazz Detective

The Jazz Detective

1992 · Silver

In Dreams

1992 · Uncle Norman
Missing Persons

Missing Persons

1990 · Chalky White
Playing Away

Playing Away

1987 · Wilf
Half Moon Street

Half Moon Street

1986 · Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

1986 · Benjy Baptiste
My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 · Poet

Playboy of the West Indies

1985 · Mac
Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982 · Radical
Cuba

Cuba

1979 · Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner

Roadrunner

1977 · Trevor Ford
Pressure

Pressure

1976 · Brother John
The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson

1974 · Preacher
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

1974 · Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean

In the Beautiful Caribbean

1972 · Bredda Ordinance
Man Friday

Man Friday

1972 · Man Friday
Leo the Last

Leo the Last

1970 · Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing

Two Gentlemen Sharing

1969 · Marcus