
Roland Curram
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.
TV Shows(24)

Holby City
Ted Carver
Eldorado
Freddie Martin

Tandoori Nights
Jack

Bird of Prey
Mr Adrian
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Perkins

Terry and June
Brian Pillbeam

The Crezz

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Rupert Warner

Churchill's People
Slave Buyer
Armchair 30
Barry Strap
Late Night Theatre
Husband
Late Night Theatre
Rog

The Misfit
Vernon
Nana
Fauchery
King of the River
Western

The Informer
Peter Larosse

Out of the Unknown
Ronnie Cash

Redcap

The Wednesday Play
Toby Oath

The Avengers