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.

Known For

The Avengers

Holby City

Maigret

No Hiding Place

The Wednesday Play

Out of the Unknown

Churchill's People

Terry and June

All Movies (27)

• The Stanley Baxter Hour1982
• Artemis '811981 · as Asrael
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1980 · as Poole
• Big Jim and the Figaro Club1979 · as Harold Perkins
• Betzi1978 · as Count Bertrand
• Let's Get Laid1978 · as Rupert Dorchester
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner1975
• The Capone Investment1974 · as Bunty
• The Eagle Has Landed1973 · as Roger
• Ooh...You Are Awful1972 · as Vivian
• Every Home Should Have One1970 · as Arthur/Mario
• End of Story1969 · as Terence
• Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher1968 · as Otto Silenus
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967 · as Eldrich
• Second Childhood1966 · as Ronnie Cash
• Darling1965 · as Malcolm
• The Silent Playground1963 · as Simon Lacey
• Incident at Midnight1963 · as Soldier
• The Green Helmet1961 · as George
• The Bulldog Breed1960 · as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
• Doctor in Love1960 · as Student Doctor (uncredited)
• Peeping Tom1960 · as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
• The Captain's Table1959 · as Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
• Dunkirk1958 · as Harper
• The Admirable Crichton1957
• Trouble in Store1953 · as Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
• The Good Beginning1953 · as Carpenter

All TV Shows (22)

• Holby City1999 · as Ted Carver
• Eldorado1992 · as Freddie Martin
• Tandoori Nights1985 · as Jack
• Bird of Prey1982 · as Mr Adrian
• Big Jim and the Figaro Club1981 · as Perkins
• Terry and June1979 · as Brian Pillbeam
• The Crezz1976
• Bouquet of Barbed Wire1976 · as Rupert Warner
• Churchill's People1974 · as Slave Buyer
• Armchair 301973 · as Barry Strap
• The Misfit1970 · as Vernon
• Nana1968 · as Fauchery
• The Informer1966 · as Peter Larosse
• King of the River1966 · as Western
• Out of the Unknown1965 · as Ronnie Cash
• Redcap1964
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Toby Oath
• They Met in a City1961 · as Georgie Price
• The Avengers1961
• Maigret1960
• No Hiding Place1959
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Pierre Gobert