Roland Curram
ActingRoland Curram was an actor and novelist. His most famous credits include Julie Christie's travelling companion in her Oscar-winning film Darling and expatriate Freddie in the BBC soap opera Eldorado. He was married from 1964 until 1985 to the actress Sheila Gish, with whom he had two daughters, the actors Lou Gish (1967–2006) and Kay Curram (b. 1974). Curram came out as gay in the early 1990s, ahead of his role as Freddie, a gay man who had previously been married and had a daughter. Curram left acting in the early 00s to commence a second career as an author with novels such as The Problem with Happiness, Mother Loved Funerals, Man on the Beach, and his memoir, Which Way to Love? He died, aged 93, in 2025.
Movies
The Stanley Baxter Hour
1982
Asrael
Artemis '81
1981
Poole
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
Harold Perkins
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979
Rupert Dorchester
Let's Get Laid
1978
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
Bunty
The Capone Investment
1974
Vivian
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
Arthur/Mario
Every Home Should Have One
1970
Otto Silenus
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
Eldrich
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
Ronnie Cash
Second Childhood
1966
Malcolm
Darling
1965
Simon Lacey
The Silent Playground
1963
Soldier
Incident at Midnight
1963
George
The Green Helmet
1961
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
1960
Student Doctor (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
1960
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Peeping Tom
1960
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
1959
TV Shows
Ted Carver
Holby City
1999
Jack
Tandoori Nights
1985
Mr Adrian
Bird of Prey
1982
Brian Pillbeam
Terry and June
1979
The Crezz
1976
Rupert Warner
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
1976
Slave Buyer
Churchill's People
1974
Vernon
The Misfit
1970
Peter Larosse
The Informer
1966
Ronnie Cash
Out of the Unknown
1965
Redcap
1964
Toby Oath
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Avengers
1961
Maigret
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Pierre Gobert
Armchair Theatre
1956
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