
Ram John Holder
Acting
🎂 1934-01-01
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
Cast credits(39)

Nelson Myers
2011

George
1986

Vivian House
1986

Danny Flowers
1992

Friday
1965

'Flying' Freddie Mercer
2002

Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1989

Big Barry
2008

Preacher
1974
1968

2004

Declan
1999

Poet
1985

Wilf
1987

Uncle Phil
2011

Grandad
2023
Uncle Norman
1992

Neville
2006

Trevor Ford
1977

Grandad
2022

Radical
1982

Silver
1992

Charlie
2012

Fat Sergeant
1979

Jamaican Barber
2004

Bredda Ordinance
1972

Old Billy Morris
2001

Lindsay Walker
1986

Brother John
1976

Trinidad Pete
2016

Marcus
1969

Black Preacher
1970
Various Characters
2004

Man Friday
1972

Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
1995

Neville
1994

Chalky White
1990

Mac
1985

Benjy Baptiste
1986