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
Cast Credits

Holby City
Character: Ted Carver
TV • 1999
Eldorado
Character: Freddie Martin
TV • 1992

Artemis '81
Character: Asrael
MOVIE • 1981
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
Character: Perkins
TV • 1981

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Character: Poole
MOVIE • 1980

Terry and June
Character: Brian Pillbeam
TV • 1979

Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Character: Harold Perkins
MOVIE • 1979
Betzi
Character: Count Bertrand
MOVIE • 1978

Let's Get Laid
Character: Rupert Dorchester
MOVIE • 1978

The Crezz
Character:
TV • 1976

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Character: Rupert Warner
TV • 1976

Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Character:
MOVIE • 1975

The Capone Investment
Character: Bunty
MOVIE • 1974
The Eagle Has Landed
Character: Roger
MOVIE • 1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Character:
TV • 1973

Ooh...You Are Awful
Character: Vivian
MOVIE • 1972

Every Home Should Have One
Character: Arthur/Mario
MOVIE • 1970

The Misfit
Character: Vernon
TV • 1970
End of Story
Character: Terence
MOVIE • 1969

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
Character: Otto Silenus
MOVIE • 1968