Acting
Ram John Holder
Born 1934-01-01
Georgetown, British Guiana
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Ram John Holder
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Death in Paradise
2011
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Casualty
1986
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My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
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Heartbeat
1992
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BBC Play of the Month
1965
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Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
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Song for Marion
2012
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Hex
2004
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ITV Playhouse
1967
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Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (47 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Grandad | Movie | 2023 |
 | Your Christmas or Mine? | Grandad | Movie | 2022 |
 | City of Tiny Lights | Trinidad Pete | Movie | 2016 |
 | Song for Marion | Charlie | Movie | 2012 |
 | Death in Paradise | Nelson Myers | TV Series | 2011 |
 | White Van Man | Uncle Phil | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Beautiful People | Big Barry | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Joy Division | Neville | Movie | 2006 |
| Stupid! | Various Characters | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Hex | Voodoo Priest | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Calcium Kid | Jamaican Barber | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Story of Tracy Beaker | 'Flying' Freddie Mercer | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Lucky Break | Old Billy Morris | Movie | 2001 |
 | Virtual Sexuality | Declan | Movie | 1999 |
| Porkpie | Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | O Mary This London | Neville | Movie | 1994 |
| In Dreams | Uncle Norman | Movie | 1992 | |
 | The Jazz Detective | Silver | Movie | 1992 |
 | Heartbeat | Danny Flowers | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Missing Persons | Chalky White | Movie | 1990 |
 | Desmond's | Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Fear | Cuke | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Rockliffe's Babies | Wiley Hillam | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Playing Away | Wilf | Movie | 1987 |
 | Casualty | George | TV Series | 1986 |
| Casualty | Vivian House | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Half Moon Street | Lindsay Walker | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Passion of Remembrance | Benjy Baptiste | Movie | 1986 |
 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Poet | Movie | 1985 |
| Playboy of the West Indies | Mac | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Britannia Hospital | Radical | Movie | 1982 |
 | Cuba | Fat Sergeant | Movie | 1979 |
 | Roadrunner | Trevor Ford | Movie | 1977 |
 | Pressure | Brother John | Movie | 1976 |
 | Robinson Crusoe | Friday | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Education of Sonny Carson | Preacher | Movie | 1974 |
 | Man Friday | Man Friday | Movie | 1972 |
 | In the Beautiful Caribbean | Bredda Ordinance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Take a Girl Like You | Musician | Movie | 1970 |
 | Leo the Last | Black Preacher | Movie | 1970 |
| Leo the Last | Songs | Movie | 1970 |
| Leo the Last | Additional Writing | Movie | 1970 |
 | Two Gentlemen Sharing | Marcus | Movie | 1969 |
| Plays of Today | Kahami | TV Series | 1969 | |
| The Jazz Age | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1968 | |
 | ITV Playhouse | Trevor Ford | TV Series | 1967 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | Friday | TV Series | 1965 |