7.5
TV
Acting
James Bolam
- Born
- (age 91)
- Birthplace
- Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
- Credits
- 97 titles
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?
Signature work
Known For
7.5
TV
7.8
Movie
The Plague Dogs
6.5
Movie
The End of the Affair
7.1
Movie
Murder Most Foul
7.2
Movie
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
6.8
Movie
O Lucky Man!
7.3
Movie
The Island on Bird Street
5.8
Movie
To Kill a King
7.3
TV
New Tricks
7.1
Movie
A Kind of Loving
5.6
Movie
Straight On Till Morning
6.4
TV
Dalziel and Pascoe
6.3
Movie
Otley
7.7
TV
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
6.3
Movie
The Likely Lads
5.1
Movie
Crucible of Terror
6.5
Movie
Stella Does Tricks
6.0
Movie
Half a Sixpence
Acting credits 97
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Memory Owed Film | Stan |
| 2022 | Marriage TV | Gerry (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Remembers… TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Wartime Christmas Film | Narrator |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Film | Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Unconditional Film | Hutch |
| 2011 | Tentboy Film | Baz |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV | Self - Participant (1 ep) |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Film | Ken Lewis |
| 2009 | Grandpa in My Pocket TV | (66 ep) |
| 2007 | Celebration Film | Matt |
| 2006 | The Plot Against Harold Wilson Film | Harold Wilson |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right TV | Mr Crump (1 ep) |
| 2004 | New Tricks TV | Jack Halford (87 ep) |
| 2003 | To Kill a King Film | Denzil Holles |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play TV | Billy (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Harold Shipman: Doctor Death Film | Harold Shipman |
| 2002 | Born and Bred TV | Dr. Arthur Gilder (21 ep) |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Film | Various Characters |
| 2000 | Close and True TV | Graham True (6 ep) |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident Film | Vernon Fitch |
| 2000 | Dirty Tricks Film | Moss |
| 2000 | Pay and Display TV | Sydney Street (6 ep) |
| 2000 | Stormin' Norman Film | Norman |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair Film | Mr. Savage |
| 1998 | The Alex Ferguson Story Film | Narrator |
| 1998 | The Stalker's Apprentice Film | Helmut Kranze |
| 1997 | Stella Does Tricks Film | Mr. Peters |
| 1997 | The Island on Bird Street Film | Doctor Studjinsky |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman TV | Clive Peacock (2 ep) |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman Film | Clive Peacock |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Ron Pringle (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Have Your Cake and Eat It TV | Nat Oliver (4 ep) |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe TV | Father Leonard Tibbings (1 ep) |
| 1995 | Eleven Men Against Eleven Film | Ted Whitehead |
| 1995 | Clockwork Mice Film | Wackey |
| 1994 | Seaview Knights Film | Merlin |
| 1991 | Second Thoughts TV | Bill (49 ep) |
| 1990 | Sticky Wickets Film | Glyn |
| 1989 | Screen One TV | Glyn (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell Film | |
| 1988 | The Beiderbecke Connection TV | Trevor Chaplin (4 ep) |
| 1988 | Andy Capp TV | Andy Capp (6 ep) |
| 1987 | The Beiderbecke Tapes TV | Trevor Chaplin (2 ep) |
| 1986 | Room at the Bottom TV | (13 ep) |
| 1985 | The Beiderbecke Affair TV | Trevor Chaplin (6 ep) |
| 1983 | Macbeth Film | Porter |
| 1983 | Shades of Darkness TV | Arthur Frode (1 ep) |
| 1983 | ITV Christmas Comedy TV | (15 ep) |
| 1983 | The Maze Film | Arthur Frode |
| 1983 | Clash of Loyalties Film | A.T. Wilson |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs Film | The Tod (voice) |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh TV | Roy Figgis (29 ep) |
| 1979 | Fish and Ships Film | Narrator |
| 1978 | As You Like It Film | Touchstone |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare TV | Touchstone (1 ep) |
| 1978 | The Limbo Connection Film | Mark Omney |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller TV | Mark Omney (6 ep) |
| 1976 | The Likely Lads Film | Terry |
| 1976 | When the Boat Comes In TV | Jack Ford (51 ep) |