Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1932-01-01
Day of Death
2025-06-01
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Roland Curram
Biography
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.
Filmography (27)
The Stanley Baxter Hour
1982
Artemis '81
1981
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979Betzi
1978
Let's Get Laid
1978
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Capone Investment
1974The Eagle Has Landed
1973
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
Every Home Should Have One
1970End of Story
1969
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
