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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…
Known for
- Your Christmas or Mine 2 — Grandad2023
- Your Christmas or Mine? — Grandad2022
- City of Tiny Lights — Trinidad Pete2016
- Song for Marion — Charlie2012
- White Van Man — Uncle Phil2011
- Death in Paradise — Nelson Myers2011
- Beautiful People — Big Barry2008
- Joy Division — Neville2006
- The Calcium Kid — Jamaican Barber2004
- Stupid! — Various Characters2004
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1934-02-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,871
- Total plays
- 13,282
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Ram John Holder is a British actor of Guyanese origin (born in Guyana in 1934). He began his performing career as a folk singer in New York. In 1962 he came to London and worked with Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop initially as a musician and later as an actor. His theatre career saw him perform on the major stages in London such as the Royal National Theatre, the Donmar Warehouse and Bristol Old Vic. John Boorman cast him as the Negro preacher in the 1969 comedy feature film <a href="htt
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Georgetown
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1934-02-02
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