Roland Curram
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Holby City
Ted Carver
1999
Series
The Avengers
1961
Series
The Wednesday Play
Toby Oath
1964
Series
Maigret
1960
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
Churchill's People
Slave Buyer
1974
Series
Out of the Unknown
Ronnie Cash
1965
Series
Terry and June
Brian Pillbeam
1979
Eldorado
Freddie Martin
1992
Film
Peeping Tom
Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
1960
Series
Redcap
1964
King of the River
Western
1966
Series
The Informer
Peter Larosse
1966
Armchair 30
Barry Strap
1973
Series
The Misfit
Vernon
1970
Late Night Theatre
Husband
1972
Late Night Theatre
Rog
1972
Film
Darling
Malcolm
1965
Film
Dunkirk
Harper
1958
Film
The Admirable Crichton
1957
Nana
Fauchery
1968
Series
Bird of Prey
Mr Adrian
1982
Film
Second Childhood
Ronnie Cash
1966
Series
Armchair Theatre
Pierre Gobert
1956
They Met in a City
Georgie Price
1961
Series
Tandoori Nights
Jack
1985
Series
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Rupert Warner
1976
Series
The Crezz
1976
Film
Every Home Should Have One
Arthur/Mario
1970
Film
The Bulldog Breed
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
1960
Film
Let's Get Laid
Rupert Dorchester
1978
Film
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Eldrich
1967
Film
Doctor in Love
Student Doctor (uncredited)
1960
Betzi
Count Bertrand
1978
Film
The Captain's Table
Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
1959
Film
Ooh...You Are Awful
Vivian
1972
Film
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Poole
1980
Film
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Otto Silenus
1968
Film
Trouble in Store
Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
1953
Film
The Good Beginning
Carpenter
1953
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Perkins
1981
Film
Artemis '81
Asrael
1981
Film
The Stanley Baxter Hour
1982
Film
Incident at Midnight
Soldier
1963
The Eagle Has Landed
Roger
1973
Film
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
Film
The Capone Investment
Bunty
1974
Film
The Silent Playground
Simon Lacey
1963
Film
The Green Helmet
George
1961
Film
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Harold Perkins
1979
End of Story
Terence
1969