Personal Info
Ram John Holder
Acting
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
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Grandad
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Grandad
City of Tiny Lights
as Trinidad Pete
Song for Marion
as Charlie
Joy Division
as Neville
The Calcium Kid
as Jamaican Barber
Lucky Break
as Old Billy Morris
Virtual Sexuality
as Declan
O Mary This London
as Neville
In Dreams
as Uncle Norman
TV Shows
Death in Paradise
as Nelson Myers · 4 ep.
White Van Man
as Uncle Phil · 3 ep.
Beautiful People
as Big Barry · 1 ep.
Hex
as Voodoo Priest · 2 ep.
Stupid!
as Various Characters · 5 ep.
The Story of Tracy Beaker
as 'Flying' Freddie Mercer · 3 ep.
Porkpie
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 12 ep.
Heartbeat
as Danny Flowers · 1 ep.
Desmond's
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 71 ep.
The Fear
as Cuke · 1 ep.
