Cast & creator
Roland Curram
Best known for Holby City, The Avengers, The Wednesday Play
Roland Curram was an actor and novelist. His most famous credits include Julie Christie's travelling companion in her Oscar-winning film Darling and expatriate Freddie in the BBC soap opera Eldorado. He was married from 1964 until 1985 to the actress Sheila Gish, with whom he had two daughters, the actors Lou Gish (1967–2006) and Kay Curram (b. 1974). Curram came out as gay in the early 1990s, ahead of his role as Freddie, a gay man who had previously been married and had a daughter. Curram left acting in the early 00s to commence a second career as an author with novels such as The Problem with Happiness, Mother Loved Funerals, Man on the Beach, and his memoir, Which Way to Love? He died, aged 93, in 2025.
27
film credits
25
television credits
52
1953–1999 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
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Holby City
Ted Carver
1999
The Avengers
1961
The Wednesday Play
Toby Oath
1964
No Hiding Place
1959
Maigret
1960
Churchill's People
Slave Buyer
1974
Out of the Unknown
Ronnie Cash
1965Eldorado
Freddie Martin
1992
Terry and June
Brian Pillbeam
1979
Redcap
1964
The Misfit
Vernon
1970
The Informer
Peter Larosse
1966Late Night Theatre
Husband
1972Late Night Theatre
Rog
1972King of the River
Western
1966
Armchair Theatre
Pierre Gobert
1956Armchair 30
Barry Strap
1973
Peeping Tom
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
1960Nana
Fauchery
1968
Bird of Prey
Mr Adrian
1982
Tandoori Nights
Jack
1985
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Rupert Warner
1976
Darling
Malcolm
1965
Every Home Should Have One
Arthur/Mario
1970They Met in a City
Georgie Price
1961Turning Year Tales
Harold Perkins
1979
The Crezz
1976
Let's Get Laid
Rupert Dorchester
1978
The Admirable Crichton
Thomas, a footman at Loam Hall
1957
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Eldrich
1967
Dunkirk
Harper
1958Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Perkins
1981
The Bulldog Breed
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
1960
The Captain's Table
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
1959
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Otto Silenus
1968Betzi
Count Bertrand
1978
Ooh...You Are Awful
Vivian
1972
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Poole
1980
Trouble in Store
Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
1953
Second Childhood
Ronnie Cash
1966
The Stanley Baxter Hour
1982
The Good Beginning
Carpenter
1953
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
Doctor in Love
Student Doctor (uncredited)
1960
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Harold Perkins
1979The Eagle Has Landed
Roger
1973
Artemis '81
Asrael
1981
The Silent Playground
Simon Lacey
1963
The Capone Investment
Bunty
1974
The Green Helmet
George
1961
Incident at Midnight
Soldier
1963End of Story
Terence
1969