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
Acted in 39
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
2010s
- 2016
- 2012
- 2011
White Van Man
Uncle Phil · 3 episodes
2000s
- 2008
Beautiful People
Big Barry · 1 episode
- 2006
- 2004
Stupid!
Various Characters · 5 episodes
The Calcium Kid
Jamaican Barber
- 2002
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
Virtual Sexuality
Declan
- 1994
O Mary This London
Neville
- 1992
The Jazz Detective
Silver
- 1990
Missing Persons
Chalky White
1980s
- 1989
Desmond's
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 71 episodes
- 1988
The Fear
Cuke · 1 episode
- 1987
Rockliffe's Babies
Wiley Hillam · 1 episode
Playing Away
Wilf
- 1986
Half Moon Street
Lindsay Walker
The Passion of Remembrance
Benjy Baptiste
- 1985
- 1983
Video Stars
Doc Shadow
- 1982
Britannia Hospital
Radical
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
Roadrunner
Trevor Ford
- 1976
Pressure
Brother John
- 1974
Robinson Crusoe
Friday
The Education of Sonny Carson
Preacher
- 1972
Man Friday
Man Friday
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Bredda Ordinance
- 1970
Leo the Last
Black Preacher
1960s
- 1969
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Marcus
- 1967
- 1965
Sound 2
1970s
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You
Musician
Leo the Last
Songs
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1970
Leo the Last
Additional Writing