James Bolam
British actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1935 · age 91
James Christopher Bolam is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack...
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A Memory OwedFilm, Stan2022
MarriageSeries, Gerry2012
UnconditionalFilm, Hutch2009
Grandpa in My PocketSeries
The Last Days of Lehman BrothersFilm, 2009Ken Lewis2003
To Kill a KingFilm, Denzil Holles2002
Born and BredSeries, Dr. Arthur Gilder2000
Dirty TricksFilm, Moss1998
The Alex Ferguson StoryFilm, Narrator1996
Dalziel and PascoeSeries, Father Leonard Tibbings1995
Clockwork MiceFilm, Wackey1989
Screen OneSeries, Glyn1983
Clash of LoyaltiesFilm, A.T. Wilson1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries, Touchstone
As You Like ItFilm, 1978Touchstone1975
In CelebrationFilm, Colin Shaw1972
The ProtectorsSeries, Max Toller
Crucible of TerrorFilm, 1972John Davies1970
Play for TodaySeries, Husband1967
Half a SixpenceFilm, Mr Jones1965
Public EyeSeries, Alan Grove1963For King and Country: Out ThereFilm, Herbert Hudd1961
The KitchenFilm, Michael1959
No Hiding PlaceSeries1935Born16 June 1935People around James
- Lindsay Anderson Directed In Celebration (1975)
Ronald Lacey Also in Otley and Crucible of Terror
Dick Clement Directed The Likely Lads, directed Otley (1969)- Tom Bell Also in The Kitchen and Straight On Till Morning
Susie Blake Also in Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
Saddam Hussein Produced Clash of Loyalties (1983)
Tony Richardson Produced The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Alan Bates Also in In Celebration and A Kind of Loving
Tom Courtenay Also in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Alun Armstrong Also in New Tricks and The Likely Lads
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Directed The Island on Bird Street (1998)
Bill Owen Also in O Lucky Man! and In Celebration- Dudley Sutton Also in The Beiderbecke Trilogy
- James Villiers Also in Half a Sixpence and Otley
Barbara Flynn Also in The Beiderbecke Trilogy
Rodney Bewes Also in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Jonathan Coy Also in Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)
Leonard Rossiter Also in A Kind of Loving and Otley- Brigit Forsyth Also in The Likely Lads (1976)
- Christopher Benjamin Also in The Limbo Connection and The Plague Dogs
Julia Foster Also in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)- Peter Madden Also in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Stephen Woolley Produced The End of the Affair (2000)
Michael Tuchner Directed The Likely Lads (1976)
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The Plague Dogs 1982
The Island on Bird Street 1997
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Murder Most Foul 1964
A Kind of Loving 1962
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He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme Grandpa in My Pocket. He also played the serial killer Harold Shipman in the ITV drama Shipman and portrayed Harold Wilson in the BBC documentary The Plot Against Harold Wilson.
