Roland Curram

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.

Cast

Darling

(Malcolm)

Artemis '81

(Asrael)

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

(Otto Silenus)

Ooh...You Are Awful

(Vivian)

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

(Eldrich)

The Green Helmet

(George)

The Good Beginning

(Carpenter)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

(Poole)

The Silent Playground

(Simon Lacey)

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Admirable Crichton

End of Story

(Terence)

The Eagle Has Landed

(Roger)

Dunkirk

(Harper)

Betzi

(Count Bertrand)

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

(Harold Perkins)

The Capone Investment

(Bunty)

Every Home Should Have One

(Arthur/Mario)

Peeping Tom

(Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited))

Doctor in Love

(Student Doctor (uncredited))

Let's Get Laid

(Rupert Dorchester)

Incident at Midnight

(Soldier)

Trouble in Store

(Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited))

The Bulldog Breed

(Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited))

The Captain's Table

(Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited))

The Stanley Baxter Hour

Second Childhood

(Ronnie Cash)

The Avengers

Eldorado

(Freddie Martin)

Redcap

No Hiding Place

Maigret

The Crezz

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

(Perkins)

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

(Rupert Warner)

Holby City

(Ted Carver)

Terry and June

(Brian Pillbeam)

King of the River

(Western)

The Misfit

(Vernon)

They Met in a City

(Georgie Price)

The Informer

(Peter Larosse)

Bird of Prey

(Mr Adrian)

Churchill's People

(Slave Buyer)

Nana

(Fauchery)

Out of the Unknown

(Ronnie Cash)

Tandoori Nights

(Jack)

Armchair Theatre

(Pierre Gobert)

The Wednesday Play

(Toby Oath)

Armchair 30

(Barry Strap)

Late Night Theatre

(Husband)

Late Night Theatre

(Rog)