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
TV credits
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Death in Paradise
2011
Rated 6.6 out of 10
White Van Man
2011
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Beautiful People
2008
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Stupid!
2004
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Hex
2004
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Story of Tracy Beaker
2002
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Porkpie
1995
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Heartbeat
1992
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Desmond's
1989
Rated 5.0 out of 10
The Fear
1988
Rated 5.8 out of 10
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Casualty
1986
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Plays of Today
1969
Rated 0.0 out of 10
The Jazz Age
1968
Rated 7.0 out of 10
ITV Playhouse
1967
Rated 5.3 out of 10
BBC Play of the Month
1965