Roland Curram

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.

Filmografi

Peeping Tom1960 · Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)Second Childhood1966 · Ronnie CashDarling1965 · MalcolmThe Admirable Crichton1957 · Thomas, a footman at Loam HallEvery Home Should Have One1970 · Arthur/MarioDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1980 · PooleLet's Get Laid1978 · Rupert DorchesterBetzi1978 · Count BertrandThe Stanley Baxter Hour1982 · Dunkirk1958 · HarperRime of the Ancient Mariner1975 · The Good Beginning1953 · CarpenterThe Captain's Table1959 · Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)The Bulldog Breed1960 · Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)Ooh...You Are Awful1972 · VivianI'll Never Forget What's'isname1967 · EldrichTrouble in Store1953 · Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)The Capone Investment1974 · BuntyDoctor in Love1960 · Student Doctor (uncredited)Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher1968 · Otto SilenusThe Green Helmet1961 · GeorgeBig Jim and the Figaro Club1979 · Harold PerkinsIncident at Midnight1963 · SoldierThe Eagle Has Landed1973 · Roger