Roland Curram
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
Holby City
Ted Carver
The Avengers
No Hiding Place
Maigret
Eldorado
Freddie Martin
Terry and June
Brian Pillbeam
Churchill's People
Slave Buyer
Out of the Unknown
Ronnie Cash
The Informer
Peter Larosse
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Peeping Tom
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Redcap
King of the River
Western
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Rupert Warner
Betzi
Count Bertrand
They Met in a City
Georgie Price
Darling
Malcolm
The Misfit
Vernon
Nana
Fauchery
The Crezz
Dunkirk
Harper
Bird of Prey
Mr Adrian
Artemis '81
Asrael
Every Home Should Have One
Arthur/Mario
The Admirable Crichton
Tandoori Nights
Jack
The Bulldog Breed
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
Let's Get Laid
Rupert Dorchester
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Poole
Doctor in Love
Student Doctor (uncredited)
Trouble in Store
Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
The Green Helmet
George
The Silent Playground
Simon Lacey
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
Perkins
Incident at Midnight
Soldier
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Good Beginning
Carpenter
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Otto Silenus
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Eldrich
The Eagle Has Landed
Roger
Ooh...You Are Awful
Vivian
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Harold Perkins
End of Story
Terence
The Capone Investment
Bunty