James Bolam

Known for: Acting

Born: 1935-06-16 (age 91)

From: Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

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?

Filmography (92)

MOVIE★ 7.0
A Memory Owed
2025
as Stan
TV★ 6.2
Marriage
2022
as Gerry
TV★ 7.0
Remembers…
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Wartime Christmas
2020
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Unconditional
2012
as Hutch
MOVIE
Tentboy
2011
as Baz
TV★ 6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Ken Lewis
TV★ 7.5
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
MOVIE★ 6.3
Celebration
2007
as Matt
MOVIE
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Harold Wilson
TV★ 7.6
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Crump
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
as Jack Halford
MOVIE★ 5.8
To Kill a King
2003
as Denzil Holles
TV★ 6.5
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Harold Shipman
TV★ 9.0
Born and Bred
2002
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
MOVIE★ 7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
TV★ 8.5
Close and True
2000
as Graham True
MOVIE★ 6.7
It Was an Accident
2000
as Vernon Fitch
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dirty Tricks
2000
as Moss
TV★ 8.0
Pay and Display
2000
as Sydney Street
MOVIE
Stormin' Norman
2000
as Norman
MOVIE★ 6.6
The End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Savage
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Alex Ferguson Story
1998
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as Helmut Kranze
MOVIE★ 6.5
Stella Does Tricks
1997
as Mr. Peters
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Doctor Studjinsky
TV★ 7.5
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ron Pringle
MOVIE★ 7.3
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
as Ted Whitehead
MOVIE★ 4.6
Clockwork Mice
1995
as Wackey
TV★ 6.7
Second Thoughts
1991
as Bill
MOVIE
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Glyn
TV★ 7.2
Screen One
1989
as Glyn
MOVIE
Communicators From Hell
1989
TV★ 7.8
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Trevor Chaplin
TV★ 6.0
Andy Capp
1988
as Andy Capp
TV★ 6.8
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Trevor Chaplin
TV★ 5.0
Room at the Bottom
1986
TV★ 7.9
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Trevor Chaplin
MOVIE★ 6.4
Macbeth
1983
as Porter
TV★ 7.7
Shades of Darkness
1983
as Arthur Frode
TV
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
MOVIE
The Maze
1983
as Arthur Frode
MOVIE★ 7.5
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as A.T. Wilson
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982
as The Tod (voice)
TV★ 6.7
Only When I Laugh
1979
as Roy Figgis
MOVIE★ 8.2
As You Like It
1978
as Touchstone
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Touchstone
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Mark Omney
TV★ 4.2
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Mark Omney
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Likely Lads
1976
as Terry
TV★ 7.7
When the Boat Comes In
1976
as Jack Ford
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Philanthropist
1975
as Don
MOVIE★ 5.2
In Celebration
1975
as Colin Shaw
MOVIE
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
as Charlie
TV
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Arthur
MOVIE
Making the Play
1973
as Husband
MOVIE★ 6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
TV★ 7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Terry Collier
TV★ 6.1
The Protectors
1972
as Max Toller
MOVIE★ 5.7
Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Joey
MOVIE★ 5.1
Crucible of Terror
1972
as John Davies
TV★ 7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Roberts
TV★ 7.2
Budgie
1971
as Wossname
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Husband
TV
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Leslie Gaze
MOVIE★ 6.3
Otley
1969
as Albert
MOVIE
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
as Pinkie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Mr Jones
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
as Pinkie
TV★ 6.0
Inheritance
1967
as David Oldroyd
TV
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as McHenry
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Muggles
TV★ 8.2
Public Eye
1965
as Alan Grove
TV★ 7.3
The Likely Lads
1964
as Terry Collier
TV
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Magpie
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Roland Maule
TV★ 7.0
A Choice of Coward
1964
as Roland Maule
MOVIE★ 7.1
Murder Most Foul
1964
as Bill Hanson
TV
It's Dark Outside
1964
as Wilfred
MOVIE
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Herbert Hudd
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mike
MOVIE★ 6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Midshipman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Jeff
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Kitchen
1961
as Michael
TV
Drama 61-67
1961
TV★ 4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Charlie