
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.

Holby City
TV • 1999

The Avengers
TV • 1961

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Maigret
TV • 1960

Churchill's People
TV • 1974

Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965

Terry and June
TV • 1979

Redcap
TV • 1964

The Informer
TV • 1966

The Misfit
TV • 1970

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973

Bird of Prey
TV • 1982

Peeping Tom
MOVIE • 1960

The Admirable Crichton
MOVIE • 1957

The Crezz
TV • 1976

Tandoori Nights
TV • 1985

Dunkirk
MOVIE • 1958

Darling
MOVIE • 1965