Roland Curram was born in 1932 in London, England as Roland Kingsford Curram. He is an actor, known for Darling (1965), Eldorado (1992) and Till We Meet Again (1989). He was previously married to Sheila Gish.
Roland Curram
Movies
Darling
Young, attractive and vivacious, model Diana Scott (Julie Christie) is firmly decided to become rich and famous as well. To succeed, she does not hesitate to take bold steps. After a while, she literally strikes gold: she meets Robert Gold (Sir Dirk Bogarde), a well-known television journalist, who not only…
Fun Facts
Father of actresses Lou Gish and Kay Curram.
Best known for playing Julie Christie's gay traveling companion in her Oscar-winning movie Darling (1965), Roland went on to play one of the greatest homosexual characters in British soap, the expatriate Freddie in the BBC's shortlived series Eldorado (1992).
Long married to British actress Sheila Gish, they eventually split up in the 1980s. She later married actor/director Denis Lawson and Roland came out of the closet. He subsequently met his longtime companion and they settled in Chiswick.
His ex-wife died in March of 2005 of facial cancer, in which she lost an eye. Actress/daughter Lou Gish also died of cancer in February of 2006.
Graduate of Bognor Regis Repertory Theatre, his acting peers there included Rosemary Harris and Michael Hawkins.
His aunt Gertrude Dickin appeared in his pal John Schlesinger's documentary with dramatic inserts Terminus (1961).