Roland Curram
- Acting
- January 1, 1932 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
- June 1, 2025
Biography
Roland 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Holby City · Ted Carver
- Eldorado · Freddie Martin
- Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again · Marquis de St. Fraycourt
- Tandoori Nights · Jack
- The Stanley Baxter Hour
- Bird of Prey · Mr Adrian
- Artemis '81 · Asrael
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club · Perkins
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · Poole
- Terry and June · Brian Pillbeam
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club · Harold Perkins
- Turning Year Tales · Harold Perkins
- Betzi · Count Bertrand
- Let's Get Laid · Rupert Dorchester
- The Crezz
- Bouquet of Barbed Wire · Rupert Warner
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Churchill's People · Slave Buyer
- The Capone Investment · Bunty
- Armchair 30 · Barry Strap
- The Eagle Has Landed · Roger
- Ooh...You Are Awful · Vivian
- Late Night Theatre · Husband, Rog
- Every Home Should Have One · Arthur/Mario
- The Misfit · Vernon
- End of Story · Terence
- Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher · Otto Silenus
- Nana · Fauchery
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname · Eldrich
- Second Childhood · Ronnie Cash
- The Informer · Peter Larosse
- King of the River · Western
- Out of the Unknown · Ronnie Cash
- Darling · Malcolm
- Redcap
- The Wednesday Play · Toby Oath
- The Silent Playground · Simon Lacey
- Incident at Midnight · Soldier
- The Green Helmet · George
- They Met in a City · Georgie Price
- The Avengers
- The Bulldog Breed · Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Maigret
- Doctor in Love · Student Doctor (uncredited)
- Peeping Tom · Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
- No Hiding Place
- The Captain's Table · Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
- Dunkirk · Harper
- The Admirable Crichton · Thomas, a footman at Loam Hall
- Armchair Theatre · Pierre Gobert
- Trouble in Store · Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
- The Good Beginning · Carpenter