Roland Curram
Acting
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
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tvHolby City
1999
Ted Carver
Eldorado
1992
Freddie Martin
tvBird of Prey
1982
Mr Adrian
movieArtemis '81
1981
Asrael
tvTerry and June
1979
Brian Pillbeam
movieBig Jim and the Figaro Club
1979
Harold Perkins
Betzi
1978
Count Bertrand
movieLet's Get Laid
1978
Rupert Dorchester
tvBouquet of Barbed Wire
1976
Rupert Warner
tvChurchill's People
1974
Slave Buyer
Armchair 30
1973
Barry Strap
Late Night Theatre
1972
Husband / Rog
movieEvery Home Should Have One
1970
Arthur/Mario
tvThe Misfit
1970
Vernon
movieDecline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
Otto Silenus
Nana
1968
Fauchery
movieSecond Childhood
1966
Ronnie Cash
tvThe Informer
1966
Peter Larosse
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Ronnie Cash
movieDarling
1965
Malcolm
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Toby Oath
movieThe Silent Playground
1963
Simon Lacey
They Met in a City
1961
Georgie Price
movieThe Bulldog Breed
1960
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
movieDoctor in Love
1960
Student Doctor (uncredited)
moviePeeping Tom
1960
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
movieThe Captain's Table
1959
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
movieDunkirk
1958
Harper
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Pierre Gobert
movieTrouble in Store
1953
Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
movieThe Good Beginning
1953
Carpenter