Roland Curram
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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
Credits
Peeping Tom (1960)
as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Actor
Second Childhood (1966)
as Ronnie Cash
Betzi (1978)
as Count Bertrand
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
as Poole
Darling (1965)
as Malcolm
Let's Get Laid (1978)
as Rupert Dorchester
Dunkirk (1958)
as Harper
The Good Beginning (1953)
as Carpenter
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975)
Actor
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
as Eldrich
Ooh...You Are Awful (1972)
as Vivian
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
as Arthur/Mario
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Student Doctor (uncredited)
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
Artemis '81 (1981)
as Asrael
The Eagle Has Landed (1973)
as Roger
The Stanley Baxter Hour (1982)
Actor
Trouble in Store (1953)
as Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher (1968)
as Otto Silenus
The Capone Investment (1974)
as Bunty
The Green Helmet (1961)
as George
The Silent Playground (1963)
as Simon Lacey
Incident at Midnight (1963)
as Soldier
Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979)
as Harold Perkins
End of Story (1969)
as Terence