James Bolam
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
A Memory Owed
2025
as Stan
Marriage
2022
as Gerry
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Wartime Christmas
2020
as Narrator
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unconditional
2012
as Hutch
Tentboy
2011
as Baz
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Ken Lewis
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
Celebration
2007
as Matt
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Harold Wilson
New Tricks
2004
as Jack Halford
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Crump
To Kill a King
2003
as Denzil Holles
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Harold Shipman
Born and Bred
2002
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
Dirty Tricks
2000
as Moss
Stormin' Norman
2000
as Norman
It Was an Accident
2000
as Vernon Fitch
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
Pay and Display
2000
as Sydney Street
Close and True
2000
as Graham True
The End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Savage
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as Helmut Kranze
The Alex Ferguson Story
1998
as Narrator
The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Doctor Studjinsky
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
Stella Does Tricks
1997
as Mr. Peters
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ron Pringle
The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Father Leonard Tibbings
Clockwork Mice
1995
as Wackey
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
as Ted Whitehead
Second Thoughts
1991
as Bill
Sticky Wickets
1990
as Glyn
Communicators From Hell
1989
Screen One
1989
as Glyn
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Trevor Chaplin
Andy Capp
1988
as Andy Capp
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Trevor Chaplin
Room at the Bottom
1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Trevor Chaplin
The Maze
1983
as Arthur Frode
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as A.T. Wilson
Macbeth
1983
as Porter
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
Shades of Darkness
1983
as Arthur Frode
The Plague Dogs
1982
as The Tod (voice)
Fish and Ships
1979
as Narrator
Only When I Laugh
1979
as Roy Figgis
As You Like It
1978
as Touchstone
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Mark Omney
Armchair Thriller
1978
as Mark Omney
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Touchstone
The Likely Lads
1976
as Terry
When the Boat Comes In
1976
as Jack Ford
In Celebration
1975
as Colin Shaw
The Philanthropist
1975
as Don
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
as Charlie
O Lucky Man!
1973
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Making the Play
1973
as Husband
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Terry Collier
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Arthur
Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Joey
Crucible of Terror
1972
as John Davies
The Protectors
1972
as Max Toller
Budgie
1971
as Wossname
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Roberts
Budgie
1971
as Wossname Walsh
Play for Today
1970
as Husband
Otley
1969
as Albert
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Leslie Gaze
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
as Pinkie
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Mr Jones
Omnibus
1967
as Pinkie
Inheritance
1967
as David Oldroyd
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as McHenry
Public Eye
1965
as Alan Grove
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Muggles
Murder Most Foul
1964
as Bill Hanson
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Roland Maule
The Likely Lads
1964
as Terry Collier
It's Dark Outside
1964
as Wilfred
A Choice of Coward
1964
as Roland Maule
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Magpie
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964
as Frank Lambert
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964
as Frank Lambert (voice)
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Herbert Hudd
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Jeff
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mike
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Midshipman (uncredited)
The Kitchen
1961
as Michael
Drama 61-67
1961
Drama 61-67
1961
as Nick
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Charlie