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.
Acting
Movie
Peeping Tom
as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
1960
TV
The Avengers
1961
Movie
Darling
as Malcolm
1965
Movie
Dunkirk
as Harper
1958
TV
Holby City
as Ted Carver
1999
Movie
The Admirable Crichton
1957
Movie
Trouble in Store
as Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
1953
Movie
Every Home Should Have One
as Arthur/Mario
1970
Movie
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Vivian
1972
Movie
Doctor in Love
as Student Doctor (uncredited)
1960
Movie
The Bulldog Breed
as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
1960
Movie
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Eldrich
1967
TV
Maigret
1960
TV
Terry and June
as Brian Pillbeam
1979
Movie
Let's Get Laid
as Rupert Dorchester
1978
TV
Out of the Unknown
as Ronnie Cash
1965
Movie
Artemis '81
as Asrael
1981
TV
Eldorado
as Freddie Martin
1992
Movie
The Captain's Table
as Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
1959
TV
Armchair Theatre
as Pierre Gobert
1956
Movie
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Poole
1980
Movie
The Capone Investment
as Bunty
1974
TV
The Wednesday Play
as Toby Oath
1964
Movie
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
as Otto Silenus
1968