Roland Curram
Known for 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.
Filmography
Peeping Tom
1960
as Young Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Dunkirk
1958
as Harper
Darling
1965
as Malcolm
Doctor in Love
1960
as Student Doctor (uncredited)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Eldrich
Let's Get Laid
1978
as Rupert Dorchester
The Captain's Table
1959
as Sailor in Kindergarten Room (uncredited)
Artemis '81
1981
as Asrael
The Admirable Crichton
1957
The Bulldog Breed
1960
as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Arthur/Mario
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Poole
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968
as Otto Silenus
Incident at Midnight
1963
as Soldier
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
as Vivian
The Silent Playground
1963
as Simon Lacey
Trouble in Store
1953
as Sailor in Store Recording Studio (uncredited)
Betzi
1978
as Count Bertrand
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Eagle Has Landed
1973
as Roger