James Bolam
Acting
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?
Born: June 16, 1935
Place of Birth: Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
Known For
Close and True
A good-intentioned but inexperienced man runs a Newcastle legal practice.
Born and Bred
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
As You Like It
Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.
The Plague Dogs
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
The Beiderbecke Affair
The Beiderbecke Affair is a 1985 British television series produced for ITV, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits included the preceding four-part miniseries Get Lost! (1981). Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor tries to buy some jazz records but this leads to meeting a 'dazzlingly beautiful platinum blond'. In a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold feature in an ensemble cast, The Beiderbecke Affair is intended as a sequel; however, Alun Armstrong was unavailable, sp the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.
He Knew He Was Right
An adaptation of the novel of the same name which follows the breakdown of a young couple's marriage, due to the husband's insecurity and jealousy.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Grandpa in My Pocket
A Grandpa with a magic Shrinking Cap that only his grandson Jason knows about. When he puts the cap on Grandpa shrinks and creates comic mayhem, but somehow Grandpa and Jason always manage to save the day. It’s teamwork!
Filmography
as Stan
as Gerry
as Self
as Narrator
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Hutch
as Baz
as Self - Participant
as Ken Lewis
as Matt
as Harold Wilson
as Mr. Crump
as Jack Halford
as Denzil Holles
as Billy
as Harold Shipman
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
as Various Characters
as Graham True
as Vernon Fitch
as Moss
as Norman
as Mr. Savage
as Narrator
as Helmut Kranze
as Mr. Peters
as Doctor Studjinsky
as Clive Peacock
as Clive Peacock
as Ron Pringle
as Father Leonard Tibbings
as Ted Whitehead
as Wackey
as Bill
as Glyn
as Trevor Chaplin
as Andy Capp
as Trevor Chaplin
as Trevor Chaplin
as Porter
as Arthur Frode
as A.T. Wilson
as The Tod (voice)
as Roy Figgis
as Touchstone
as Mark Omney
as Terry
as Jack Ford
as Colin Shaw
as Husband
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
as Terry Collier
as Max Toller
as Joey
as John Davies
as Roberts
as Wossname
as Wossname Walsh
as Husband
as Albert
as Mr Jones
as Pinkie
as Alan Grove
as Terry Collier
as Roland Maule
as Roland Maule
as Bill Hanson
as Wilfred
as Midshipman (uncredited)
as Jeff
as Michael