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.
47 acting credits
Acting · 47
The Avengers
1961
Holby City
1999
No Hiding Place
1959
Maigret
1960
Churchill's People
1974
Out of the Unknown
1965
Eldorado
1992
Terry and June
1979
Redcap
1964
The Informer
1966
King of the River
1966
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Misfit
1970
Peeping Tom
1960
Darling
1965
Bird of Prey
1982
Tandoori Nights
1985
Dunkirk
1958
The Crezz
1976
The Admirable Crichton
1957
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
1976
Nana
1968
Artemis '81
1981
Every Home Should Have One
1970
They Met in a City
1961
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
The Bulldog Breed
1960
Let's Get Laid
1978
Trouble in Store
1953
Doctor in Love
1960
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1981
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
The Captain's Table
1959
The Green Helmet
1961
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
Betzi
1978
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Good Beginning
1953
The Silent Playground
1963
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979
The Eagle Has Landed
1973
Incident at Midnight
1963
The Capone Investment
1974
End of Story
1969
The Stanley Baxter Hour
1982
Second Childhood
1966