Roland Curram

Roland Curram
Born	1932 (age 91–92) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2001
Spouse	Sheila Gish ​ ​ (m. 1964; div. 1985)​
Children	2, including Lou Gish

Roland Curram (born 1932) is an English actor and novelist

Curram was educated at Brighton College and has had a long film, television and theatre career. His appearances include Julie Christie's travelling companion in her Oscar-winning film Darling and expatriate Freddie in the BBC soap opera Eldorado. He is the author of three novels:- Man on the Beach published 2004 by Matador, The Rose Secateurs (2007) and Mother Loved Funerals (2010). In 1979 he played Brian Pilbeam in the first series of Terry and June. The Pilbeams were Terry and June's annoying neighbours until the Sprys moved in.

He also starred as Harold Perkins in the acclaimed BBC TV series Big Jim and the Figaro Club which was broadcast in July and August 1981.

He was married to the actress Sheila Gish from 1964 until 1985, by whom he had two daughters, the actors Kay Curram and Lou Gish (1967–2006). Curram came out as gay in the early 1990s, and has since left acting to carve out a second career as a novelist.

Selected filmography

• Up to His Neck (1954)
• The Admirable Crichton (1957)
• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Green Helmet (1961)
• Incident at Midnight (1963)
• Darling (1965)
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
• Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
• Every Home Should Have One (1970)
• Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
• Hardcore (1977)
• Let's Get Laid (1978)
• Madame Sousatzka (1988)
• Parting Shots (1999)

External links

• Roland Curram at IMDb