Nicholas Ball
Acting
Biography
Nicholas Ball was an English actor best known for playing the title role of James Hazell in the television series Hazell. His film credits included roles in D-Day drama Overlord, Hobe Tooper's sci-fi horror Lifeforce and Mike Hodges' Croupier. In later years Ball played violent gangster Terry Bates in EastEnders between 2007 and 2009 and Garry Ryan in series five of Footballers' Wives and both series of its spin-off programme Footballers' Wives: Extra Time.
Born: April 11, 1946
Place of Birth: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Known For
Claudia
Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however has other plans for her.
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Red Dwarf
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The Young Ones
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Hustle
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Jonathan Creek
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Heartbeat
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Hammer House of Horror
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
Heartbeat
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Filmography
as Ray
as Charlie Kray
as David Willis
as Uncle Alfred
as Mr Halsey
as Mr. Williams
as Harry Webster
as Man
as Mr. Allen
as Martin Clement
as Fight Bookie
as Plutocrat
as Tucker
as Frank Rice
as Garry Ryan
as Lenny
as Sir Everett Blake
as Jack Snr.
as Larry Lockton
as Vincent Rees
as DCI Doggett
as Derek Perkins
as Charlie Fenton
as Gregory Flambard
as Mr. Hall
as Alan Hunter
as Simulant
as Howard
as Roger Derebridge
as Römischer Offizier
as Bob
as Inspector Leach
as Dr. Jim Morrison
as Hardaker
as Terry
as William
as John Arnott
as Ken Johnson
as Skeffington
as James Hazell
as 2nd Seaman
as James Vane
as Colin Pitman
as Arthur
as John Arnott
as Terry
as James Vane