James Bolam

Actor Jun 16 (age 90) Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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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?

Known For

Film

The Plague Dogs

The Tod (voice)

Film

The End of the Affair

Mr. Savage

Film

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Mike

Film

Murder Most Foul

Bill Hanson

Film

O Lucky Man!

Attenborough/Examination Doctor

Film

The Island on Bird Street

Doctor Studjinsky

Film

New Tricks

Jack Halford

Film

A Kind of Loving

Jeff

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (47)

A Memory Owed

2025

as Stan

Wartime Christmas

2020

as Narrator

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

2016

as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Unconditional

as Hutch

Tentboy

as Baz

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

as Ken Lewis

Celebration

as Matt

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

2006

as Harold Wilson

To Kill a King

2003

as Denzil Holles

5.7

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

as Harold Shipman

It Was an Accident

as Vernon Fitch

Dirty Tricks

as Moss

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

Stormin' Norman

2000

as Norman

The End of the Affair

1999

as Mr. Savage

6.6

The Alex Ferguson Story

1998

as Narrator

5.0

The Stalker's Apprentice

as Helmut Kranze

Stella Does Tricks

as Mr. Peters

The Island on Bird Street

as Doctor Studjinsky

The Missing Postman

as Clive Peacock

Clockwork Mice

as Wackey

Eleven Men Against Eleven

1995

as Ted Whitehead

6.3

Sticky Wickets

1990

as Glyn

Communicators From Hell

Clash of Loyalties

as A.T. Wilson

Macbeth

as Porter

The Maze

as Arthur Frode

The Plague Dogs

as The Tod (voice)

As You Like It

as Touchstone

The Limbo Connection

as Mark Omney

The Likely Lads

1976

as Terry

6.1

The Philanthropist

1975

as Don

In Celebration

1975

as Colin Shaw

4.8

If You Could See What I Can See

1974

as Charlie

O Lucky Man!

1973

as Attenborough/Examination Doctor

6.9

Making the Play

1973

as Husband

Straight On Till Morning

as Joey

Crucible of Terror

as John Davies

Otley

as Albert

Half a Sixpence

as Mr Jones

Murder Most Foul

as Bill Hanson

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

1964

as Roland Maule

For King and Country: Out There

1963

as Herbert Hudd

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

as Midshipman (uncredited)

6.5

A Kind of Loving

1962

as Jeff

7.0

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

as Mike

The Kitchen

as Michael

Television (39)

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Marriage

as Gerry

The Cleaner

as Dad

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Grandpa in My Pocket

New Tricks

as Jack Halford

He Knew He Was Right

as Mr. Crump

The Afternoon Play

as Billy

Born and Bred

as Dr. Arthur Gilder

Born and Bred

as Dr. Arthur Gilder

Pay and Display

Close and True

as Graham True

Midsomer Murders

as Ron Pringle

The Missing Postman

as Clive Peacock

Dalziel & Pascoe

as Father Leonard Tibbings

6.3

Second Thoughts

1991

as Bill

6.6

The Beiderbecke Connection

as Trevor Chaplin

Andy Capp

as Andy Capp

The Beiderbecke Tapes

as Trevor Chaplin

Room at the Bottom

The Beiderbecke Affair

as Trevor Chaplin

ITV Christmas Comedy

Only When I Laugh

as Roy Figgis

Armchair Thriller

as Mark Omney

When the Boat Comes In

1976

as Jack Ford

6.5

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Terry Collier

The Protectors

as Max Toller

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Roberts

Budgie

as Wossname Walsh

Play for Today

as Husband

Omnibus

as Pinkie

Inheritance

as David Oldroyd

Public Eye

as Alan Grove

The Likely Lads

as Terry Collier

It's Dark Outside

as Wilfred

A Choice of Coward

as Roland Maule

Drama 61-67

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Charlie