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James Bolam

James Bolam

Born: 1935-06-16 • 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
A Memory Owed poster
A Memory Owed
2025 • Stan
Wartime Christmas poster
Wartime Christmas
2020 • Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 • Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unconditional poster
Unconditional
2012 • Hutch
Tentboy poster
Tentboy
2011 • Baz
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 • Ken Lewis
Celebration poster
Celebration
2007 • Matt
The Plot Against Harold Wilson poster
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006 • Harold Wilson
To Kill a King poster
To Kill a King
2003 • Denzil Holles
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death poster
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002 • Harold Shipman
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
Dirty Tricks poster
Dirty Tricks
2000 • Moss
Stormin' Norman poster
Stormin' Norman
2000 • Norman
The End of the Affair poster
The End of the Affair
1999 • Mr. Savage
The Alex Ferguson Story poster
The Alex Ferguson Story
1998 • Narrator
The Stalker's Apprentice poster
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998 • Helmut Kranze
Stella Does Tricks poster
Stella Does Tricks
1997 • Mr. Peters
The Island on Bird Street poster
The Island on Bird Street
1997 • Doctor Studjinsky
The Missing Postman poster
The Missing Postman
1997 • Clive Peacock
Eleven Men Against Eleven poster
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995 • Ted Whitehead
Clockwork Mice poster
Clockwork Mice
1995 • Wackey
Sticky Wickets poster
Sticky Wickets
1990 • Glyn
Communicators From Hell poster
Communicators From Hell
1989
Macbeth poster
Macbeth
1983 • Porter
The Maze poster
The Maze
1983 • Arthur Frode
Clash of Loyalties poster
Clash of Loyalties
1983 • A.T. Wilson
The Plague Dogs poster
The Plague Dogs
1982 • The Tod (voice)
As You Like It poster
As You Like It
1978 • Touchstone
No Image
The Limbo Connection
1978 • Mark Omney
The Likely Lads poster
The Likely Lads
1976 • Terry
No Image
The Philanthropist
1975 • Don
In Celebration poster
In Celebration
1975 • Colin Shaw
No Image
If You Could See What I Can See
1974 • Charlie
Making the Play poster
Making the Play
1973 • Husband
O Lucky Man! poster
O Lucky Man!
1973 • Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Straight On Till Morning poster
Straight On Till Morning
1972 • Joey
Crucible of Terror poster
Crucible of Terror
1972 • John Davies
Otley poster
Otley
1969 • Albert
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man poster
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968 • Pinkie
Half a Sixpence poster
Half a Sixpence
1967 • Mr Jones
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter poster
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964 • Roland Maule
Murder Most Foul poster
Murder Most Foul
1964 • Bill Hanson
No Image
For King and Country: Out There
1963 • Herbert Hudd
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner poster
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 • Mike
H.M.S. Defiant poster
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 • Midshipman (uncredited)
A Kind of Loving poster
A Kind of Loving
1962 • Jeff
The Kitchen poster
The Kitchen
1961 • Michael