Roland Curram
Acting • Born 1932-01-01 – Died 2025-06-01
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.
Filmography
47 credits
Darling
Movie • 1965
Malcolm
Artemis '81
Movie • 1981
Asrael
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Movie • 1968
Otto Silenus
Ooh...You Are Awful
Movie • 1972
Vivian
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Movie • 1967
Eldrich
The Green Helmet
Movie • 1961
George
The Good Beginning
Movie • 1953
Carpenter
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Movie • 1980
Poole
The Silent Playground
Movie • 1963
Simon Lacey
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Movie • 1975
The Admirable Crichton
Movie • 1957
End of Story
Movie • 1969
Terence
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1973
Roger
Dunkirk
Movie • 1958
Harper
Betzi
Movie • 1978
Count Bertrand
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Movie • 1979
Harold Perkins
The Capone Investment
Movie • 1974
Bunty
Every Home Should Have One
Movie • 1970
Arthur/Mario
Peeping Tom
Movie • 1960
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
Movie • 1960
Student Doctor (uncredited)
Let's Get Laid
Movie • 1978
Rupert Dorchester
Incident at Midnight
Movie • 1963
Soldier
Trouble in Store
Movie • 1953
Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
Movie • 1960
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
Movie • 1959
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
The Stanley Baxter Hour
Movie • 1982
Second Childhood
Movie • 1966
Ronnie Cash
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Eldorado
TV • 1992
Freddie Martin
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973
Redcap
TV • 1964
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Maigret
TV • 1960
The Crezz
TV • 1976
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
TV • 1981
Perkins
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
TV • 1976
Rupert Warner
Holby City
TV • 1999
Ted Carver
Terry and June
TV • 1979
Brian Pillbeam
King of the River
TV • 1966
Western
The Misfit
TV • 1970
Vernon
They Met in a City
TV • 1961
Georgie Price
The Informer
TV • 1966
Peter Larosse
Bird of Prey
TV • 1982
Mr Adrian
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Slave Buyer
Nana
TV • 1968
Fauchery
Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965
Ronnie Cash
Tandoori Nights
TV • 1985
Jack