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Roland Curram

Roland Curram

Birthday: 1932-01-01 | Place of Birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1992
Eldorado

as    Freddie Martin

1981
Artemis '81

as    Asrael

1981
Big Jim And The Figaro Club

as    Perkins

1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as    Poole

1978
Betzi

as    Count Bertrand

1978
Let's Get Laid

as    Rupert Dorchester

1976
Bouquet of Barbed Wire

as    Rupert Warner

1973
The Eagle Has Landed

as    Roger

1972
Ooh...You Are Awful

as    Vivian

1969
End of Story

as    Terence

1968
Nana

as    Fauchery

1966
Second Childhood

as    Ronnie Cash

1965
Darling

as    Malcolm

1958
Dunkirk

as    Harper