
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)

Dunkirk (1958)
as Harper

Darling (1965)
as Malcolm

The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Actor

Let's Get Laid (1978)
as Rupert Dorchester

I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
as Eldrich

The Captain's Table (1959)
as Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)

The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)

Every Home Should Have One (1970)
as Arthur/Mario

Artemis '81 (1981)
as Asrael

Doctor in Love (1960)
as Student Doctor (uncredited)

Second Childhood (1966)
as Ronnie Cash

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
as Poole
Betzi (1978)
as Count Bertrand

The Good Beginning (1953)
as Carpenter

Ooh...You Are Awful (1972)
as Vivian

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher (1968)
as Otto Silenus

The Green Helmet (1961)
as George

Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975)
Actor

Trouble in Store (1953)
as Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)

The Silent Playground (1963)
as Simon Lacey
The Eagle Has Landed (1973)
as Roger

The Capone Investment (1974)
as Bunty

The Stanley Baxter Hour (1982)
Actor
End of Story (1969)
as Terence

Incident at Midnight (1963)
as Soldier

Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979)
as Harold Perkins





