Acting
James Bolam
Acting · 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?
Credits · 83
FilmA Memory Owed
2025 · Stan
Marriage
2022 · Gerry
Remembers…
2022 · Self
FilmBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmUnconditional
2012 · Hutch
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
FilmThe Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · Ken Lewis
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
FilmCelebration
2007 · Matt
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Mr Crump
New Tricks
2004 · Jack Halford
FilmTo Kill a King
2003 · Denzil Holles
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Billy
FilmHarold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002 · Harold Shipman
Born and Bred
2002 · Dr. Arthur Gilder
FilmVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Various Characters
Close and True
2000 · Graham True
FilmIt Was an Accident
2000 · Vernon Fitch
FilmDirty Tricks
2000 · Moss
Pay and Display
2000 · Sydney Street
FilmThe End of the Affair
1999 · Mr. Savage
FilmThe Alex Ferguson Story
1998 · Narrator
FilmThe Stalker's Apprentice
1998 · Helmut Kranze
FilmStella Does Tricks
1997 · Mr. Peters
FilmThe Island on Bird Street
1997 · Doctor Studjinsky
The Missing Postman
1997 · Clive Peacock
FilmThe Missing Postman
1997 · Clive Peacock
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Ron Pringle
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Father Leonard Tibbings
FilmEleven Men Against Eleven
1995 · Ted Whitehead
FilmClockwork Mice
1995 · Wackey
Second Thoughts
1991 · Bill
Screen One
1989 · Glyn
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988 · Trevor Chaplin
Andy Capp
1988 · Andy Capp
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987 · Trevor Chaplin
Room at the Bottom
Room at the Bottom
1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985 · Trevor Chaplin
FilmMacbeth
1983 · Porter
Shades of Darkness
1983 · Arthur Frode
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
FilmClash of Loyalties
1983 · A.T. Wilson
FilmThe Plague Dogs
1982 · The Tod (voice)
Only When I Laugh
1979 · Roy Figgis
FilmAs You Like It
1978 · Touchstone
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Touchstone
The Limbo Connection
FilmThe Limbo Connection
1978 · Mark Omney
Armchair Thriller
1978 · Mark Omney
FilmThe Likely Lads
1976 · Terry
When the Boat Comes In
1976 · Jack Ford
The Philanthropist
FilmThe Philanthropist
1975 · Don
FilmIn Celebration
1975 · Colin Shaw
Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons
1973 · Arthur
FilmO Lucky Man!
1973 · Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Terry Collier
The Protectors
1972 · Max Toller
FilmStraight On Till Morning
1972 · Joey
FilmCrucible of Terror
1972 · John Davies
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Roberts
Budgie
1971 · Wossname
Play for Today
1970 · Husband
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Leslie Gaze
FilmOtley
1969 · Albert
FilmHalf a Sixpence
1967 · Mr Jones
Omnibus
1967 · Pinkie
Inheritance
Inheritance
1967 · David Oldroyd
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · McHenry
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Muggles
Public Eye
1965 · Alan Grove
The Likely Lads
1964 · Terry Collier
Thursday Theatre
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Magpie
FilmA Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964 · Roland Maule
A Choice of Coward
1964 · Roland Maule
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964 · Frank Lambert
FilmMurder Most Foul
1964 · Bill Hanson
It's Dark Outside
1964 · Wilfred
FilmThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Mike
FilmH.M.S. Defiant
1962 · Midshipman (uncredited)
FilmA Kind of Loving
1962 · Jeff
FilmThe Kitchen
1961 · Michael
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67
1961 · Nick
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Charlie