James Bolam
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1935-06-16 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
- Also known as
- Джеймс Болэм · James Christopher Bolam
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
TV Shows (41)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ron Pringle
Play for Today
1970
as Husband
Omnibus
1967
as Pinkie
New Tricks
2004
as Jack Halford
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
No Hiding Place
1959
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Protectors
1972
as Max Toller
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Roberts
Public Eye
1965
as Alan Grove
Drama 61-67
1961
as Nick
Screen One
1989
as Glyn
When the Boat Comes In
1976
as Jack Ford
Born and Bred
2002
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Touchstone
Budgie
1971
as Wossname / Wossname Walsh
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Terry Collier
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy
The Likely Lads
1964
as Terry Collier
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Trevor Chaplin
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
Only When I Laugh
1979
as Roy Figgis
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Mark Omney
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Leslie Gaze
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Crump
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Magpie
It's Dark Outside
1964
as Wilfred
Marriage
2022
as Gerry
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Charlie
Second Thoughts
1991
as Bill
Inheritance
1967
as David Oldroyd
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
Andy Capp
1988
as Andy Capp
Shades of Darkness
1983
as Arthur Frode
A Choice of Coward
1964
as Roland Maule
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Trevor Chaplin
Close and True
2000
as Graham True
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Trevor Chaplin
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
Pay and Display
2000
as Sydney Street
Room at the Bottom
1986
Movies (48)
The Plague Dogs
1982
as The Tod (voice)
The End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Savage
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Midshipman (uncredited)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mike
O Lucky Man!
1973
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
A Memory Owed
2025
as Stan
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Doctor Studjinsky
To Kill a King
2003
as Denzil Holles
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Ken Lewis
Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Joey
Murder Most Foul
1964
as Bill Hanson
Communicators From Hell
1989
Clockwork Mice
1995
as Wackey
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Mr Jones
Stella Does Tricks
1997
as Mr. Peters
It Was an Accident
2000
as Vernon Fitch
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
Otley
1969
as Albert
Dirty Tricks
2000
as Moss
Unconditional
2012
as Hutch
Crucible of Terror
1972
as John Davies
In Celebration
1975
as Colin Shaw
The Kitchen
1961
as Michael
The Likely Lads
1976
as Terry
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Harold Shipman
As You Like It
1978
as Touchstone
Celebration
2007
as Matt
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Harold Wilson
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
The Philanthropist
1975
as Don
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as A.T. Wilson
Tentboy
2011
as Baz
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Jeff
Macbeth
1983
as Porter
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
as Ted Whitehead
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Glyn
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Herbert Hudd
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Mark Omney
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
as Pinkie
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as Helmut Kranze
Wartime Christmas
2020
as Narrator
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
as Charlie
Making the Play
1973
as Husband
The Alex Ferguson Story
1998
as Narrator
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Roland Maule
Stormin' Norman
2000
as Norman
The Maze
1983
as Arthur Frode
About James Bolam
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? With 89 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, James Bolam has appeared in 48 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Bolam Movies
- The Plague Dogs (1982) — as The Tod (voice)
- The End of the Affair (1999) — as Mr. Savage
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) — as Midshipman (uncredited)
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) — as Mike
- O Lucky Man! (1973) — as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
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