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









