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?

Known For

Midsomer Murders

New Tricks

Play for Today

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

Omnibus

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Screen One

All Movies (48)

• A Memory Owed2025 · as Stan
• Wartime Christmas2020 · as Narrator
• British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves2016 · as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Unconditional2012 · as Hutch
• Tentboy2011 · as Baz
• The Last Days of Lehman Brothers2009 · as Ken Lewis
• Celebration2007 · as Matt
• The Plot Against Harold Wilson2006 · as Harold Wilson
• To Kill a King2003 · as Denzil Holles
• Harold Shipman: Doctor Death2002 · as Harold Shipman
• Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Various Characters
• It Was an Accident2000 · as Vernon Fitch
• Dirty Tricks2000 · as Moss
• Stormin' Norman2000 · as Norman
• The End of the Affair1999 · as Mr. Savage
• The Alex Ferguson Story1998 · as Narrator
• The Stalker's Apprentice1998 · as Helmut Kranze
• Stella Does Tricks1997 · as Mr. Peters
• The Island on Bird Street1997 · as Doctor Studjinsky
• The Missing Postman1997 · as Clive Peacock
• Eleven Men Against Eleven1995 · as Ted Whitehead
• Clockwork Mice1995 · as Wackey
• Sticky Wickets1990 · as Glyn
• Communicators From Hell1989
• Macbeth1983 · as Porter
• The Maze1983 · as Arthur Frode
• Clash of Loyalties1983 · as A.T. Wilson
• The Plague Dogs1982 · as The Tod (voice)
• As You Like It1978 · as Touchstone
• The Limbo Connection1978 · as Mark Omney
• The Likely Lads1976 · as Terry
• The Philanthropist1975 · as Don
• In Celebration1975 · as Colin Shaw
• If You Could See What I Can See1974 · as Charlie
• Making the Play1973 · as Husband
• O Lucky Man!1973 · as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
• Straight On Till Morning1972 · as Joey
• Crucible of Terror1972 · as John Davies
• Otley1969 · as Albert
• Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man1968 · as Pinkie
• Half a Sixpence1967 · as Mr Jones
• A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter1964 · as Roland Maule
• Murder Most Foul1964 · as Bill Hanson
• For King and Country: Out There1963 · as Herbert Hudd
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962 · as Mike
• H.M.S. Defiant1962 · as Midshipman (uncredited)
• A Kind of Loving1962 · as Jeff
• The Kitchen1961 · as Michael

All TV Shows (46)

• Marriage2022 · as Gerry
• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Grandpa in My Pocket2009
• He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Mr Crump
• New Tricks2004 · as Jack Halford
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Billy
• Born and Bred2002 · as Dr. Arthur Gilder
• Close and True2000 · as Graham True
• Pay and Display2000 · as Sydney Street
• The Missing Postman1997 · as Clive Peacock
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Ron Pringle
• Second Thoughts1991 · as Bill
• Screen One1989 · as Glyn
• The Beiderbecke Connection1988 · as Trevor Chaplin
• Andy Capp1988 · as Andy Capp
• The Beiderbecke Tapes1987 · as Trevor Chaplin
• Room at the Bottom1986
• The Beiderbecke Affair1985 · as Trevor Chaplin
• Shades of Darkness1983 · as Arthur Frode
• ITV Christmas Comedy1983
• Only When I Laugh1979 · as Roy Figgis
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Touchstone
• Armchair Thriller1978 · as Mark Omney
• When the Boat Comes In1976 · as Jack Ford
• Oranges and Lemons1973 · as Arthur
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?1973 · as Terry Collier
• The Protectors1972 · as Max Toller
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Roberts
• Budgie1971 · as Wossname
• Budgie1971 · as Wossname Walsh
• Play for Today1970 · as Husband
• W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Leslie Gaze
• Omnibus1967 · as Pinkie
• Inheritance1967 · as David Oldroyd
• Boy Meets Girl1967 · as McHenry
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Muggles
• Public Eye1965 · as Alan Grove
• The Likely Lads1964 · as Terry Collier
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Magpie
• A Choice of Coward1964 · as Roland Maule
• It's Dark Outside1964 · as Wilfred
• Drama 61-671961
• Drama 61-671961 · as Nick
• No Hiding Place1959
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Charlie