James Bolam

James Bolam

Known for
Acting
Born
June 16, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

Biography

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?

Known For

Filmography

2025
A Memory Owed poster

A Memory Owed

Movie · as Stan

2022
Marriage poster

Marriage

TV · as Gerry · 4 eps

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Wartime Christmas poster

Wartime Christmas

Movie · as Narrator

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Movie · as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012
Unconditional poster

Unconditional

Movie · as Hutch

2011
Tentboy poster

Tentboy

Movie · as Baz

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

Movie · as Ken Lewis

2009
Grandpa in My Pocket poster

Grandpa in My Pocket

TV · 66 eps

2007
Celebration poster

Celebration

Movie · as Matt

2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson poster

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

Movie · as Harold Wilson

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Jack Halford · 87 eps

2004
He Knew He Was Right poster

He Knew He Was Right

TV · as Mr Crump · 1 ep

2003
To Kill a King poster

To Kill a King

Movie · as Denzil Holles

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Billy · 1 ep

2002
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death poster

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

Movie · as Harold Shipman

2002
Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred

TV · as Dr. Arthur Gilder · 21 eps

2001
Great Comedy Moments poster

Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Terry Collier (archive footage)

2000
Dirty Tricks poster

Dirty Tricks

Movie · as Moss

2000
Stormin' Norman poster

Stormin' Norman

Movie · as Norman

2000
It Was an Accident poster

It Was an Accident

Movie · as Vernon Fitch

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie · as Various Characters

2000
Pay and Display poster

Pay and Display

TV · as Sydney Street · 6 eps

2000
Close and True poster

Close and True

TV · as Graham True · 6 eps

1999
The End of the Affair poster

The End of the Affair

Movie · as Mr. Savage

1998
The Stalker's Apprentice poster

The Stalker's Apprentice

Movie · as Helmut Kranze

1998
The Alex Ferguson Story poster

The Alex Ferguson Story

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The Island on Bird Street poster

The Island on Bird Street

Movie · as Doctor Studjinsky

1997
The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman

Movie · as Clive Peacock

1997
Stella Does Tricks poster

Stella Does Tricks

Movie · as Mr. Peters

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Ron Pringle · 1 ep

1997
The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman

TV · as Clive Peacock · 2 eps

1997
Have Your Cake and Eat It

Have Your Cake and Eat It

TV · as Nat Oliver · 4 eps

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Father Leonard Tibbings · 1 ep

1995
Clockwork Mice poster

Clockwork Mice

Movie · as Wackey

1995
Eleven Men Against Eleven poster

Eleven Men Against Eleven

Movie · as Ted Whitehead

1994
Seaview Knights

Seaview Knights

Movie · as Merlin

1991
Second Thoughts poster

Second Thoughts

TV · as Bill · 49 eps

1990
Sticky Wickets poster

Sticky Wickets

Movie · as Glyn

1989
Communicators From Hell poster

Communicators From Hell

Movie

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Glyn · 1 ep

1988
The Beiderbecke Connection poster

The Beiderbecke Connection

TV · as Trevor Chaplin · 4 eps

1988
Andy Capp poster

Andy Capp

TV · as Andy Capp · 6 eps

1987
The Beiderbecke Tapes poster

The Beiderbecke Tapes

TV · as Trevor Chaplin · 2 eps

1986
Room at the Bottom

Room at the Bottom

TV · 13 eps

1985
The Beiderbecke Affair poster

The Beiderbecke Affair

TV · as Trevor Chaplin · 6 eps

1983
The Maze poster

The Maze

Movie · as Arthur Frode

1983
Clash of Loyalties poster

Clash of Loyalties

Movie · as A.T. Wilson

1983
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Porter

1983
ITV Christmas Comedy poster

ITV Christmas Comedy

TV · 15 eps

1983
Shades of Darkness poster

Shades of Darkness

TV · as Arthur Frode · 1 ep

1982
The Plague Dogs poster

The Plague Dogs

Movie · as The Tod (voice)

1979
Fish and Ships poster

Fish and Ships

Movie · as Narrator

1979
Only When I Laugh poster

Only When I Laugh

TV · as Roy Figgis · 29 eps

1978
As You Like It poster

As You Like It

Movie · as Touchstone

1978
The Limbo Connection

The Limbo Connection

Movie · as Mark Omney

1978
Armchair Thriller poster

Armchair Thriller

TV · as Mark Omney · 6 eps

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Touchstone · 1 ep

1976
The Likely Lads poster

The Likely Lads

Movie · as Terry

1976
When the Boat Comes In poster

When the Boat Comes In

TV · as Jack Ford · 51 eps

1975
In Celebration poster

In Celebration

Movie · as Colin Shaw

1975
The Philanthropist

The Philanthropist

Movie · as Don

1974
If You Could See What I Can See

If You Could See What I Can See

Movie · as Charlie

1973
O Lucky Man! poster

O Lucky Man!

Movie · as Attenborough/Examination Doctor

1973
Making the Play poster

Making the Play

Movie · as Husband

1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? poster

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

TV · as Terry Collier · 26 eps

1973
Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons

TV · as Arthur · 1 ep

1972
Straight On Till Morning poster

Straight On Till Morning

Movie · as Joey

1972
Crucible of Terror poster

Crucible of Terror

Movie · as John Davies

1972
The Protectors poster

The Protectors

TV · as Max Toller · 1 ep

1971
Budgie poster

Budgie

TV · as Wossname, Wossname Walsh · 1 ep

1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Roberts · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Husband · 1 ep

1969
Otley poster

Otley

Movie · as Albert

1969
W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

TV · as Leslie Gaze · 1 ep

1968
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man poster

Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man

Movie · as Pinkie

1967
Half a Sixpence poster

Half a Sixpence

Movie · as Mr Jones

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Pinkie · 1 ep

1967
Inheritance

Inheritance

TV · as David Oldroyd · 10 eps

1967
Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl

TV · as McHenry · 1 ep

1965
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

TV · as Alan Grove · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Muggles · 1 ep

1964
Murder Most Foul poster

Murder Most Foul

Movie · as Bill Hanson

1964
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter poster

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

Movie · as Roland Maule

1964
The Likely Lads poster

The Likely Lads

TV · as Terry Collier · 20 eps

1964
It's Dark Outside poster

It's Dark Outside

TV · as Wilfred · 1 ep

1964
A Choice of Coward poster

A Choice of Coward

TV · as Roland Maule · 1 ep

1964
Thursday Theatre

Thursday Theatre

TV · as Magpie · 1 ep

1964
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

TV · as Frank Lambert, Frank Lambert (voice) · 2 eps

1963
For King and Country: Out There

For King and Country: Out There

Movie · as Herbert Hudd

1962
A Kind of Loving poster

A Kind of Loving

Movie · as Jeff

1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner poster

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Movie · as Mike

1962
H.M.S. Defiant poster

H.M.S. Defiant

Movie · as Midshipman (uncredited)

1961
The Kitchen poster

The Kitchen

Movie · as Michael

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Nick · 1 ep

1959
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

TV · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep