
Acting
Roland Curram
Birth Date
January 1, 1932
Death Date
June 1, 2025
(passed away at 93)
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Popularity
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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.
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Holby City
Ted Carver
1999 • 1 episode

The Avengers
1961 • 1 episode

The Wednesday Play
Toby Oath
1964 • 1 episode

Maigret
1960 • 1 episode

No Hiding Place
1959 • 1 episode

Churchill's People
Slave Buyer
1974 • 1 episode

Out of the Unknown
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1965 • 1 episode

Terry and June
Brian Pillbeam
1979 • 3 episodes
Eldorado
Freddie Martin
1992 • 158 episodes

Redcap
1964 • 1 episode

Peeping Tom
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
1960
Late Night Theatre
Husband
1972 • 1 episode
King of the River
Western
1966 • 1 episode

The Informer
Peter Larosse
1966 • 1 episode
Armchair 30
Barry Strap
1973 • 1 episode

Darling
Malcolm
1965
Nana
Fauchery
1968 • 5 episodes

Bird of Prey
Mr Adrian
1982 • 2 episodes

The Misfit
Vernon
1970 • 1 episode

Second Childhood
Ronnie Cash
1966