James Bolam
Acting • Born 1935-06-16
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?
Filmography
86 credits
The End of the Affair
Movie • 1999
Mr. Savage
Dirty Tricks
Movie • 2000
Moss
The Plague Dogs
Movie • 1982
The Tod (voice)
A Kind of Loving
Movie • 1962
Jeff
Straight On Till Morning
Movie • 1972
Joey
Stormin' Norman
Movie • 2000
Norman
Clockwork Mice
Movie • 1995
Wackey
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Movie • 1962
Mike
Sticky Wickets
Movie • 1990
Glyn
The Island on Bird Street
Movie • 1997
Doctor Studjinsky
To Kill a King
Movie • 2003
Denzil Holles
The Likely Lads
Movie • 1976
Terry
H.M.S. Defiant
Movie • 1962
Midshipman (uncredited)
Crucible of Terror
Movie • 1972
John Davies
Unconditional
Movie • 2012
Hutch
In Celebration
Movie • 1975
Colin Shaw
Celebration
Movie • 2007
Matt
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Movie • 1995
Ted Whitehead
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Movie • 2006
Harold Wilson
It Was an Accident
Movie • 2000
Vernon Fitch
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Movie • 2002
Harold Shipman
The Kitchen
Movie • 1961
Michael
Tentboy
Movie • 2011
Baz
The Philanthropist
Movie • 1975
Don
The Maze
Movie • 1983
Arthur Frode
If You Could See What I Can See
Movie • 1974
Charlie
The Missing Postman
Movie • 1997
Clive Peacock
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Various Characters
Clash of Loyalties
Movie • 1983
A.T. Wilson
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Movie • 2009
Ken Lewis
The Stalker's Apprentice
Movie • 1998
Helmut Kranze
Stella Does Tricks
Movie • 1997
Mr. Peters
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Movie • 2016
Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
Otley
Movie • 1969
Albert
Murder Most Foul
Movie • 1964
Bill Hanson
As You Like It
Movie • 1978
Touchstone
O Lucky Man!
Movie • 1973
Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Macbeth
Movie • 1983
Porter
The Alex Ferguson Story
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Making the Play
Movie • 1973
Husband
Half a Sixpence
Movie • 1967
Mr Jones
Communicators From Hell
Movie • 1989
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Movie • 1964
Roland Maule
A Memory Owed
Movie • 2025
Stan
The Limbo Connection
Movie • 1978
Mark Omney
For King and Country: Out There
Movie • 1963
Herbert Hudd
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
Movie • 1968
Pinkie
Wartime Christmas
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ron Pringle
Budgie
TV • 1971
Wossname
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
TV • 1973
Terry Collier
Second Thoughts
TV • 1991
Bill
Pay and Display
TV • 2000
The Likely Lads
TV • 1964
Terry Collier
The Beiderbecke Tapes
TV • 1987
Trevor Chaplin
The Beiderbecke Connection
TV • 1988
Trevor Chaplin
The Beiderbecke Affair
TV • 1985
Trevor Chaplin
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Roberts
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Jack Halford
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Husband
The Missing Postman
TV • 1997
Clive Peacock
Grandpa in My Pocket
TV • 2009
Room at the Bottom
TV • 1986
Close and True
TV • 2000
Graham True
ITV Christmas Comedy
TV • 1983
Public Eye
TV • 1965
Alan Grove
He Knew He Was Right
TV • 2004
Mr. Crump
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Armchair Thriller
TV • 1978
Mark Omney
Marriage
TV • 2022
Gerry
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Max Toller
A Choice of Coward
TV • 1964
Roland Maule
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
Father Leonard Tibbings
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Pinkie
Inheritance
TV • 1967
David Oldroyd
Budgie
TV • 1971
Wossname Walsh
Andy Capp
TV • 1988
Andy Capp
Born and Bred
TV • 2002
Dr. Arthur Gilder
It's Dark Outside
TV • 1964
Wilfred
Only When I Laugh
TV • 1979
Roy Figgis
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Billy
When the Boat Comes In
TV • 1976
Jack Ford
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Nick
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Self