James Bolam

Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1935, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
Movies: 50

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 Movies

7.8

The Plague Dogs

1982

6.6

The End of the Affair

1999

7.1

Murder Most Foul

1964

7.2

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

6.8

O Lucky Man!

1973

7.3

The Island on Bird Street

1997

5.8

To Kill a King

2003

7.1

A Kind of Loving

1962

6.6

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

5.6

Straight On Till Morning

1972

Filmography

2025	A Memory Owed	Stan
2020	Wartime Christmas	Narrator
2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012	Unconditional	Hutch
2011	Tentboy	Baz
2009	The Last Days of Lehman Brothers	Ken Lewis
2007	Celebration	Matt
2006	The Plot Against Harold Wilson	Harold Wilson
2003	To Kill a King	Denzil Holles
2002	Harold Shipman: Doctor Death	Harold Shipman
2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Various Characters
2000	It Was an Accident	Vernon Fitch
2000	Dirty Tricks	Moss
2000	Stormin' Norman	Norman
1999	The End of the Affair	Mr. Savage
1998	The Alex Ferguson Story	Narrator
1998	The Stalker's Apprentice	Helmut Kranze
1997	Stella Does Tricks	Mr. Peters
1997	The Island on Bird Street	Doctor Studjinsky
1997	The Missing Postman	Clive Peacock
1995	Eleven Men Against Eleven	Ted Whitehead
1995	Clockwork Mice	Wackey
1994	Seaview Knights	Merlin
1990	Sticky Wickets	Glyn
1989	Communicators From Hell
1983	Macbeth	Porter
1983	The Maze	Arthur Frode
1983	Clash of Loyalties	A.T. Wilson
1982	The Plague Dogs	The Tod (voice)
1979	Fish and Ships	Narrator
1978	As You Like It	Touchstone
1978	The Limbo Connection	Mark Omney
1976	The Likely Lads	Terry
1975	The Philanthropist	Don
1975	In Celebration	Colin Shaw
1974	If You Could See What I Can See	Charlie
1973	Making the Play	Husband
1973	O Lucky Man!	Attenborough/Examination Doctor
1972	Straight On Till Morning	Joey
1972	Crucible of Terror	John Davies
1969	Otley	Albert
1968	Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man	Pinkie
1967	Half a Sixpence	Mr Jones
1964	A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter	Roland Maule
1964	Murder Most Foul	Bill Hanson
1963	For King and Country: Out There	Herbert Hudd
1962	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	Mike
1962	H.M.S. Defiant	Midshipman (uncredited)
1962	A Kind of Loving	Jeff
1961	The Kitchen	Michael

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