James Bolam

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James Bolam

ACTING

1935-06-16 (90)

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?

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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?

Best known for:

Filmography:

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre(1956)

Charlie

The Kitchen poster

The Kitchen(1961)

Michael

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner poster

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner(1962)

Mike

A Kind of Loving poster

A Kind of Loving(1962)

Jeff

H.M.S. Defiant poster

H.M.S. Defiant(1962)

Midshipman (uncredited)

Murder Most Foul poster

Murder Most Foul(1964)

Bill Hanson

The Likely Lads poster

The Likely Lads(1964)

Terry Collier

It's Dark Outside poster

It's Dark Outside(1964)

Wilfred

A Choice of Coward poster

A Choice of Coward(1964)

Roland Maule

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter poster

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter(1964)

Roland Maule

Public Eye poster

Public Eye(1965)

Alan Grove

Omnibus poster

Omnibus(1967)

Pinkie

Half a Sixpence poster

Half a Sixpence(1967)

Mr Jones

Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man poster

Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man(1968)

Pinkie

Otley poster

Otley(1969)

Albert

Play for Today poster

Play for Today(1970)

Husband

Budgie poster

Budgie(1971)

Wossname, Wossname Walsh

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes(1971)

Roberts

The Protectors poster

The Protectors(1972)

Max Toller

Straight On Till Morning poster

Straight On Till Morning(1972)

Joey

Crucible of Terror poster

Crucible of Terror(1972)

John Davies

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? poster

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?(1973)

Terry Collier

O Lucky Man! poster

O Lucky Man!(1973)

Attenborough/Examination Doctor

Making the Play poster

Making the Play(1973)

Husband

In Celebration poster

In Celebration(1975)

Colin Shaw

When the Boat Comes In poster

When the Boat Comes In(1976)

Jack Ford

The Likely Lads poster

The Likely Lads(1976)

Terry

Armchair Thriller poster

Armchair Thriller(1978)

Mark Omney

As You Like It poster

As You Like It(1978)

Touchstone

Only When I Laugh poster

Only When I Laugh(1979)

Roy Figgis

The Plague Dogs poster

The Plague Dogs(1982)

The Tod (voice)

Macbeth poster

Macbeth(1983)

Porter

Clash of Loyalties poster

Clash of Loyalties(1983)

A.T. Wilson

The Maze poster

The Maze(1983)

Arthur Frode

The Beiderbecke Affair poster

The Beiderbecke Affair(1985)

Trevor Chaplin

The Beiderbecke Tapes poster

The Beiderbecke Tapes(1987)

Trevor Chaplin

Andy Capp poster

Andy Capp(1988)

Andy Capp

The Beiderbecke Connection poster

The Beiderbecke Connection(1988)

Trevor Chaplin

Sticky Wickets poster

Sticky Wickets(1990)

Glyn

Second Thoughts poster

Second Thoughts(1991)

Bill

Clockwork Mice poster

Clockwork Mice(1995)

Wackey

Eleven Men Against Eleven poster

Eleven Men Against Eleven(1995)

Ted Whitehead

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders(1997)

Ron Pringle

The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman(1997)

Clive Peacock

The Island on Bird Street poster

The Island on Bird Street(1997)

Doctor Studjinsky

Stella Does Tricks poster

Stella Does Tricks(1997)

Mr. Peters

The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman(1997)

Clive Peacock

The Stalker's Apprentice poster

The Stalker's Apprentice(1998)

Helmut Kranze

The Alex Ferguson Story poster

The Alex Ferguson Story(1998)

Narrator

The End of the Affair poster

The End of the Affair(1999)

Mr. Savage

Pay and Display poster

Pay and Display(2000)

Sydney Street

Dirty Tricks poster

Dirty Tricks(2000)

Moss

Close and True poster

Close and True(2000)

Graham True

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings(2000)

Various Characters

It Was an Accident poster

It Was an Accident(2000)

Vernon Fitch

Stormin' Norman poster

Stormin' Norman(2000)

Norman

Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred(2002)

Dr. Arthur Gilder

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death poster

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death(2002)

Harold Shipman

The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play(2003)

Billy

To Kill a King poster

To Kill a King(2003)

Denzil Holles

He Knew He Was Right poster

He Knew He Was Right(2004)

Mr Crump

New Tricks poster

New Tricks(2004)

Jack Halford

The Plot Against Harold Wilson poster

The Plot Against Harold Wilson(2006)

Harold Wilson

Celebration poster

Celebration(2007)

Matt

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers(2009)

Ken Lewis

Tentboy poster

Tentboy(2011)

Baz

Unconditional poster

Unconditional(2012)

Hutch

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves(2016)

Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wartime Christmas poster

Wartime Christmas(2020)

Narrator

Marriage poster

Marriage(2022)

Gerry

A Memory Owed poster

A Memory Owed(2025)

Stan