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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-01 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Roland Curram

Biography:

Roland Curram is 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?

Known For

Acting

1999

Holby City as Ted Carver

1992

Eldorado as Freddie Martin

1981

1980

1979

Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Harold Perkins
Terry and June as Brian Pillbeam

1978

Betzi as Count Bertrand
Let's Get Laid as Rupert Dorchester

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1970

1969

End of Story as Terence

1968

1967

1965

Darling as Malcolm

1964

1963

The Silent Playground as Simon Lacey

1961

1960

Peeping Tom as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Doctor in Love as Student Doctor (uncredited)

1959

1958

1957

1953

The Good Beginning as Carpenter