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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
Filmography14 titles

Death in Paradise
2011as Nelson Myers
2011as Nelson Myers

Desmond's
1989as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1989as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

Heartbeat
1992as Danny Flowers
1992as Danny Flowers

Unfinished Song
2012as Charlie
2012as Charlie

My Beautiful Laundrette
1985as Poet
1985as Poet

White Van Man
as Uncle Phil
as Uncle Phil

Your Christmas or Mine?
2022as Grandad
2022as Grandad

Pressure
1976as Brother John
1976as Brother John

Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023as Grandad
2023as Grandad

Lucky Break
2001as Old Billy Morris
2001as Old Billy Morris

Casualty
1986as Vivian House
1986as Vivian House

Two Gentlemen Sharing
1969as Marcus
1969as Marcus

Leo the Last
1970as Black Preacher
1970as Black Preacher

Joy Division
2006as Neville
2006as Neville