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Ram John Holder
Born · January 1, 1934 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Georgetown, British Guiana
Bio
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
Grandad
6.2
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Grandad
6.4
2022
City of Tiny Lights
Trinidad Pete
5.3
2016
Song for Marion
Charlie
6.9
2012
Death in Paradise
Nelson Myers · (4 episodes)
7.4
2011
White Van Man
Uncle Phil · (3 episodes)
6.6
2011
Beautiful People
Big Barry · (1 episode)
7.3
2008
Joy Division
Neville
5.1
2006
Hex
(1 episode)
6.3
2004
The Calcium Kid
Jamaican Barber
5.6
2004
Lucky Break
Old Billy Morris
6.2
2001
Virtual Sexuality
Declan
5.2
1999
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Chalky White · (1 episode)
7.2
1996
Porkpie
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · (12 episodes)
6.0
1995
O Mary This London
Neville
0.0
1994
In Dreams
Uncle Norman
7.0
1992
The Jazz Detective
Silver
0.0
1992
Heartbeat
Danny Flowers · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Missing Persons
Chalky White
4.0
1990
Desmond's
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · (71 episodes)
7.1
1989
Playing Away
Wilf
5.6
1987
Casualty
George · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
Casualty
Vivian House · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
Half Moon Street
Lindsay Walker
5.0
1986
The Passion of Remembrance
Benjy Baptiste
0.0
1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
Poet
6.8
1985
Playboy of the West Indies
Mac
0.0
1985
Britannia Hospital
Radical
6.4
1982
Cuba
Fat Sergeant
5.5
1979
Roadrunner
Trevor Ford
0.0
1977
Pressure
Brother John
6.0
1976
The Education of Sonny Carson
Preacher
4.9
1974
Man Friday
Man Friday
0.0
1972
In the Beautiful Caribbean
Bredda Ordinance
0.0
1972
Leo the Last
Black Preacher
5.4
1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Marcus
4.0
1969
BBC Play of the Month
Friday · (1 episode)
5.0
1965