James Bolam
Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1935
Place of birth: 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?
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Filmography
48 movies · 46 TV shows, newest first
7.0
A Memory Owed
2025
6.2
Marriage
2022
7.0
Remembers…
2022
NR
Wartime Christmas
2020
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
6.0
Unconditional
2012
NR
Tentboy
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
5.5
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
7.5
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
6.3
Celebration
2007
NR
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
7.6
He Knew He Was Right
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
5.8
To Kill a King
2003
6.5
The Afternoon Play
2003
6.7
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
9.0
Born and Bred
2002
7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
8.5
Close and True
2000
6.7
It Was an Accident
2000
5.5
Dirty Tricks
2000
8.0
Pay and Display
2000
NR
Stormin' Norman
2000
6.6
The End of the Affair
1999
5.0
The Alex Ferguson Story
1998
4.6
The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
6.5
Stella Does Tricks
1997
7.3
The Island on Bird Street
1997
7.5
The Missing Postman
1997
5.0
The Missing Postman
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
7.3
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
4.6
Clockwork Mice
1995
6.7
Second Thoughts
1991
NR
Sticky Wickets
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
NR
Communicators From Hell
1989
7.8
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
6.0
Andy Capp
1988
6.8
The Beiderbecke Tapes
19875.0
Room at the Bottom
1986
7.9
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
6.4
Macbeth
1983
7.7
Shades of Darkness
1983
NR
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
NR
The Maze
1983
7.5
Clash of Loyalties
1983
7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982
6.7
Only When I Laugh
1979
8.2
As You Like It
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
19789.0
The Limbo Connection
1978
4.2
Armchair Thriller
1978
6.3
The Likely Lads
1976
7.7
When the Boat Comes In
19768.0
The Philanthropist
1975
5.2
In Celebration
1975NR
If You Could See What I Can See
1974NR
Oranges and Lemons
1973
NR
Making the Play
1973
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973
7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
6.1
The Protectors
1972
5.6
Straight On Till Morning
1972
5.1
Crucible of Terror
1972
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
7.2
Budgie
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
6.3
Otley
1969
NR
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
6.0
Half a Sixpence
1967
7.2
Omnibus
19676.0
Inheritance
1967
NR
Boy Meets Girl
1967
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
8.2
Public Eye
1965
7.3
The Likely Lads
1964NR
Thursday Theatre
1964
8.0
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
7.0
A Choice of Coward
1964NR
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964
7.1
Murder Most Foul
1964
NR
It's Dark Outside
1964NR
For King and Country: Out There
1963
7.2
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
7.1
A Kind of Loving
1962
7.3
The Kitchen
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956