
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.

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

The Avengers

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

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Maigret

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Incident at Midnight

Out of the Unknown

The Admirable Crichton

Dunkirk

Darling

Bird of Prey

The Capone Investment

Terry and June

Trouble in Store

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Stanley Baxter Hour

Redcap

The Captain's Table

The Bulldog Breed

Holby City

Tandoori Nights

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

Doctor in Love

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Every Home Should Have One

The Silent Playground

Ooh...You Are Awful

No Hiding Place

Artemis '81

Let's Get Laid

Churchill's People

The Green Helmet

The Good Beginning

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Second Childhood

The Crezz

The Misfit

The Informer