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Ram John Holder

Cast & creator

Ram John Holder

1934-01-01 (age 92) Georgetown, British GuianaIMDb

Best known for Death in Paradise, Casualty, Casualty

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

Movies

30

film credits

Series

17

television credits

Career

44

1965–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

6.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Nelson Myers · 2011

Casualty

Casualty

George · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Vivian House · 1986

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Danny Flowers · 1992

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Friday · 1965

Across film & television

Filmography (47)

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Showing 47 of 47 credits

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Nelson Myers

Casualty

Casualty

George

Casualty

Casualty

Vivian House

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Danny Flowers

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Friday

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Trevor Ford

The Story of Tracy Beaker

The Story of Tracy Beaker

'Flying' Freddie Mercer

Hex

Hex

Voodoo Priest

Rockliffe's Babies

Rockliffe's Babies

Wiley Hillam

The Jazz Age

Desmond's

Desmond's

Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

Big Barry

Joy Division

Joy Division

Neville

Porkpie

Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

Stupid!

Various Characters

White Van Man

White Van Man

Uncle Phil

The Fear

The Fear

Cuke

Plays of Today

Kahami

Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine?

Grandad

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Grandad

Song for Marion

Song for Marion

Charlie

My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette

Poet

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

Radical

Cuba

Cuba

Fat Sergeant

Virtual Sexuality

Virtual Sexuality

Declan

Half Moon Street

Half Moon Street

Lindsay Walker

City of Tiny Lights

City of Tiny Lights

Trinidad Pete

The Calcium Kid

The Calcium Kid

Jamaican Barber

Lucky Break

Lucky Break

Old Billy Morris

The Passion of Remembrance

The Passion of Remembrance

Benjy Baptiste

O Mary This London

O Mary This London

Neville

In the Beautiful Caribbean

In the Beautiful Caribbean

Bredda Ordinance

The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson

Preacher

Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You

Musician

Man Friday

Man Friday

Man Friday

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

Friday

Playing Away

Playing Away

Wilf

Leo the Last

Leo the Last

Black Preacher

Leo the Last

Leo the Last

Songs

Leo the Last

Leo the Last

Additional Writing

Missing Persons

Missing Persons

Chalky White

Playboy of the West Indies

Mac

Pressure

Pressure

Brother John

Two Gentlemen Sharing

Two Gentlemen Sharing

Marcus

The Jazz Detective

The Jazz Detective

Silver

In Dreams

Uncle Norman

Roadrunner

Roadrunner

Trevor Ford