
James Bolam
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1935-06-16 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
- Also known as
- Джеймс Болэм · James Christopher 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?
Known For
TV Shows (40)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ron Pringle

Play for Today
1970
as Husband

Omnibus
1967
as Pinkie

New Tricks
2004
as Jack Halford

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant

No Hiding Place
1959

Remembers…
2022
as Self

The Protectors
1972
as Max Toller

Public Eye
1965
as Alan Grove

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Roberts
Drama 61-67
1961
as Nick

Screen One
1989
as Glyn

Born and Bred
2002
as Dr. Arthur Gilder

Budgie
1971
as Wossname / Wossname Walsh

The Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Terry Collier

The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Trevor Chaplin

He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Crump

Grandpa in My Pocket
2009

Armchair Thriller
1978
as Mark Omney

The Likely Lads
1964
as Terry Collier

Only When I Laugh
1979
as Roy Figgis

When the Boat Comes In
1976
as Jack Ford
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Leslie Gaze

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Charlie

Marriage
2022
as Gerry

It's Dark Outside
1964
as Wilfred
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Magpie

Second Thoughts
1991
as Bill

Shades of Darkness
1983
as Arthur Frode

ITV Christmas Comedy
1983

The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Trevor Chaplin

A Choice of Coward
1964
as Roland Maule

Andy Capp
1988
as Andy Capp
Inheritance
1967
as David Oldroyd

The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock

Close and True
2000
as Graham True

The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Trevor Chaplin
Room at the Bottom
1986

Pay and Display
2000
as Sydney Street
Movies (48)

The Plague Dogs
1982
as The Tod (voice)

The End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Savage

O Lucky Man!
1973
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor

H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Midshipman (uncredited)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)

To Kill a King
2003
as Denzil Holles

The Island on Bird Street
1997
as Doctor Studjinsky

Communicators From Hell
1989

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mike

A Memory Owed
2025
as Stan

Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Joey

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Ken Lewis

Murder Most Foul
1964
as Bill Hanson

Otley
1969
as Albert

Dirty Tricks
2000
as Moss

It Was an Accident
2000
as Vernon Fitch

The Kitchen
1961
as Michael

In Celebration
1975
as Colin Shaw

The Likely Lads
1976
as Terry

Clockwork Mice
1995
as Wackey

Macbeth
1983
as Porter

Stella Does Tricks
1997
as Mr. Peters

Half a Sixpence
1967
as Mr Jones
The Philanthropist
1975
as Don

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Harold Shipman

Celebration
2007
as Matt

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters

The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Harold Wilson

Crucible of Terror
1972
as John Davies

The Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock

A Kind of Loving
1962
as Jeff

Unconditional
2012
as Hutch

The Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as Helmut Kranze

As You Like It
1978
as Touchstone

Clash of Loyalties
1983
as A.T. Wilson

Sticky Wickets
1990
as Glyn
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Mark Omney

Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
as Ted Whitehead
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Herbert Hudd

Tentboy
2011
as Baz

The Alex Ferguson Story
1998
as Narrator

Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
as Pinkie

The Maze
1983
as Arthur Frode

Wartime Christmas
2020
as Narrator

Making the Play
1973
as Husband
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
as Charlie

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Roland Maule

Stormin' Norman
2000
as Norman
About James Bolam
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? With 88 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, James Bolam has appeared in 48 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Bolam Movies
- The Plague Dogs (1982) — as The Tod (voice)
- The End of the Affair (1999) — as Mr. Savage
- O Lucky Man! (1973) — as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
- H.M.S. Defiant (1962) — as Midshipman (uncredited)
- British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016) — as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
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