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