Ram John HOLDER

 RAM JOHN HOLDER 

(John Wesley Holder)

(4CD)

 BIOGRAPHY 

John Wesley Holder CBE (born 2 February 1934), known professionally as Ram John Holder, is a Guyanese-British actor and musician, who began his professional career as a singer in New York City, before moving to England in 1962.

He has performed on stage, in both film and television and, is best known for playing Augustus "Porkpie" Grant in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's, and its spin-off series Porkpie.

Holder has continued his dual career as a musician. He has recorded the albums Black London Blues (1969), Bootleg Blues (1971), You Simply Are... (1975) and Ram Blues & Soul,^[9] as well as various singles and contributed to soundtracks for film and television. He contributed three songs for the film adaptation of Take a Girl Like You (1970). (Wikipedia)