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Known for Acting
Born 1934-01-01 in Georgetown, British Guiana
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
Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) — Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) — Grandad
City of Tiny Lights (2016) — Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion (2012) — Charlie
White Van Man (2011) — Uncle Phil · 3 episodes
Death in Paradise (2011) — Nelson Myers · 4 episodes
Beautiful People (2008) — Big Barry · 1 episode
Joy Division (2006) — Neville
The Calcium Kid (2004) — Jamaican Barber
Stupid! (2004) — Various Characters · 5 episodes
Hex (2004) — Voodoo Priest · 2 episodes
The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002) — 'Flying' Freddie Mercer · 3 episodes
Lucky Break (2001) — Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality (1999) — Declan
Porkpie (1995) — Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 12 episodes
O Mary This London (1994) — Neville
The Jazz Detective (1992) — Silver
In Dreams (1992) — Uncle Norman
Heartbeat (1992) — Danny Flowers · 1 episode
Missing Persons (1990) — Chalky White
Desmond's (1989) — Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 71 episodes
The Fear (1988) — Cuke · 1 episode
Playing Away (1987) — Wilf
Rockliffe's Babies (1987) — Wiley Hillam · 1 episode
Half Moon Street (1986) — Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance (1986) — Benjy Baptiste
Casualty (1986) — George · 1 episode
Casualty (1986) — Vivian House · 1 episode
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) — Poet
Playboy of the West Indies (1985) — Mac
Video Stars (1983) — Doc Shadow
Britannia Hospital (1982) — Radical
Cuba (1979) — Fat Sergeant
Roadrunner (1977) — Trevor Ford
Pressure (1976) — Brother John
The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) — Preacher
Robinson Crusoe (1974) — Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean (1972) — Bredda Ordinance
Man Friday (1972) — Man Friday
Leo the Last (1970) — Black Preacher
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) — Marcus
Plays of Today (1969) — Kahami · 1 episode
The Jazz Age (1968) · 1 episode
ITV Playhouse (1967) — Trevor Ford · 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Friday · 1 episode