Roland Curram

Known for ActingBorn 1932-01-01Died 2025-06-01Brighton, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Good Beginning

The Misfit

The Green Helmet

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

Betzi

Redcap

The Avengers

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Bird of Prey

Peeping Tom

Out of the Unknown

Maigret

King of the River

Incident at Midnight

They Met in a City

The Admirable Crichton

Dunkirk

Darling

Terry and June

Tandoori Nights

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Capone Investment

The Stanley Baxter Hour

Holby City

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Trouble in Store

The Bulldog Breed

The Captain's Table

Armchair Theatre

Eldorado

Doctor in Love

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

The Silent Playground

The Wednesday Play

Churchill's People

Every Home Should Have One

Ooh...You Are Awful

No Hiding Place

Artemis '81

Let's Get Laid

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

The Crezz

The Eagle Has Landed

Armchair 30

Late Night Theatre

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