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Roland Curram is a Actor British born on 1 january 1932 at London (United-kingdom)

Roland Curram

Roland Curram
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1932 (93 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Roland Curram (born 1932) is an English actor.

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 Pilbeam's were Terry and June's annoying neighbours until the Spry's 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 90s.

Best films

Darling
Darling
(1965)
(Actor)

Usually with

Michael Winner
Michael Winner
(2 films)
John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger
(2 films)
Anthony Steel
Anthony Steel
(2 films)
Ronald Fraser
Ronald Fraser
(2 films)
Graham Stark
Graham Stark
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Roland Curram (12 films)

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Actor

Parting Shots
Parting Shots (1999)

Directed by Michael Winner
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Felicity Ann Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley, Diana Rigg, Joanna Lumley
Roles Lord Selwyn
Rating51% 2.5588152.5588152.5588152.5588152.558815
The film concerns Harry Sterndale (Rea), a wedding photographer who is mistakenly told by his doctor that he has six weeks to live and begins to kill people who have wronged him in his life, only to find that the diagnosis was incorrect. Also he paid an assassin named Jamie (Reed) to kill him instead of living out his last days in custody and nearly leaves it too late to call off the hit. Jamie takes after the two and after being arrested for assassinating the dictator of a fictional country he takes the blame for all of the murders that occurred during the film. It ends with Harry and Jill visiting Jamie in prison as newlyweds.
Madame Sousatzka
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
, 2h2
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Shabana Azmi, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Geoffrey Bayldon
Rating65% 3.297773.297773.297773.297773.29777
Sushila et son fils Manek, des immigrés indiens, vivent chichement en Grande-Bretagne. Le jeune Manek a des dispositions pour le piano et sa mère confie son apprentissage à Madame Sousatzka, un professeur d’origine russe. Celle-ci pousse l’adolescent à exercer son art avec intransigeance en même temps qu’elle lui inculque ses propres valeurs morales, ce qui contrarie les attentes de Sushila…
Ooh... You Are Awful
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
, 1h37
Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs, William Leo Franklyn, Norman Bird
Rating56% 2.8470952.8470952.8470952.8470952.847095
Conmen Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek have successfully conned a couple of Italian men, and are making an easy escape with £500,000. Flushed with success, Tully is unable to resist running a "quick and easy" minor con on a passing American tourist. But "quick and easy" unexpectedly goes awry, and Tully is arrested. While Tully is imprisoned, Peek manages to escape and deposit the £500,000 in a Swiss bank account. Eventually, when Tully is finally released, he is met by Peek, intending to give him the bank account number. But Peek has been having an affair with the sister of London crime lord Sid Sabbath, and his reunion with Tully is cut short when Peek is murdered, on the orders of Sabbath.
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Oliver Reed, Carol White (actrice anglaise), Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Hordern
Roles Eldrich
Rating61% 3.097473.097473.097473.097473.09747
The film deals with creativity and commercialism. Quint attempts to get back at his boss by making a negative commercial reusing themes from earlier in the film, including Lute saying "The number one product of all human endeavor is waste...waste." The commercial, advertising a Super-8 camera, talks about capturing events while you still can before everything is destroyed and discarded. It ends with Quint operating a car crusher and destroying numerous cameras. The commercial is hailed as a masterpiece, and wins an award, but Quint hurls the award into the Thames.
Darling
Darling (1965)
, 2h8
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Julie Christie, Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, José Luis de Vilallonga, Umberto Raho, Vernon Dobtcheff
Roles Malcolm
Rating69% 3.496683.496683.496683.496683.49668
Diana Scott (Julie Christie) is a beautiful, bored young model married to Tony Bridges (Trevor Bowen). One day, Diana meets Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde), a literary interviewer/director for television arts programmes, by chance when she is spotted on the street by his roving film crew and interviewed by him about young people's views on convention. Diana is invited to watch the final edit in the TV studio and there their relationship starts. After liaisons in bleak hotel rooms they leave their spouses (and, in Robert's case, children) and move into an apartment.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (1958)
, 2h14
Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Meredith Edwards, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Pte. Harper (battery crew)
Rating70% 3.544553.544553.544553.544553.54455
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.
The Admirable Crichton
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
, 1h34
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on plays, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt, Jack Watling
Roles Thomas
Rating70% 3.5443453.5443453.5443453.5443453.544345
In 1905 William Crichton (Kenneth More) is the efficient butler in the London household of the Earl of Loam (Cecil Parker) and his family. Crichton knows his place in the highly class-conscious English society. The Earl insists that all men are equal, and to prove it, he orders his daughters to treat the staff as guests during an uncomfortable afternoon tea. Lady Brocklehurst (Martita Hunt) arrives and strongly disapproves of the arrangement, as does Crichton.