
Ram John Holder
Born
January 1, 1934 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Known For

Your Christmas or Mine 2
Grandad
2023

Your Christmas or Mine?
Grandad
2022

City of Tiny Lights
Trinidad Pete
2016

Song for Marion
Charlie
2012

Death in Paradise
Nelson Myers · (4 episodes)
2011

White Van Man
Uncle Phil · (3 episodes)
2011

Beautiful People
Big Barry · (1 episode)
2008

Joy Division
Neville
2006
Stupid!
Various Characters · (5 episodes)
2004

Hex
(1 episode)
2004

The Calcium Kid
Jamaican Barber
2004

The Story of Tracy Beaker
'Flying' Freddie Mercer · (3 episodes)
2002

Lucky Break
Old Billy Morris
2001

Virtual Sexuality
Declan
1999
Porkpie
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · (12 episodes)
1995

O Mary This London
Neville
1994
In Dreams
Uncle Norman
1992

The Jazz Detective
Silver
1992

Heartbeat
Danny Flowers · (1 episode)
1992

Missing Persons
Chalky White
1990

Desmond's
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · (71 episodes)
1989

Playing Away
Wilf
1987

Casualty
George · (1 episode)
1986

Casualty
Vivian House · (1 episode)
1986

Half Moon Street
Lindsay Walker
1986

The Passion of Remembrance
Benjy Baptiste
1986

My Beautiful Laundrette
Poet
1985
Playboy of the West Indies
Mac
1985

Britannia Hospital
Radical
1982

Cuba
Fat Sergeant
1979

Roadrunner
Trevor Ford
1977

Pressure
Brother John
1976

The Education of Sonny Carson
Preacher
1974

Man Friday
Man Friday
1972

In the Beautiful Caribbean
Bredda Ordinance
1972

Leo the Last
Black Preacher
1970

Two Gentlemen Sharing
Marcus
1969
The Jazz Age
(1 episode)
1968

BBC Play of the Month
Friday · (1 episode)
1965