Acting · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK · Born June 16, 1935
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?
MovieA Memory Owed
2025
as Stan
TVMarriage
2022
as Gerry
TVRemembers…
2022
as Self
MovieWartime Christmas
2020
as Narrator
MovieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieUnconditional
2012
as Hutch
MovieTentboy
2011
as Baz
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
MovieThe Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Ken Lewis
TVGrandpa in My Pocket
2009
MovieCelebration
2007
as Matt
MovieThe Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Harold Wilson
TVHe Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mr Crump
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Jack Halford
MovieTo Kill a King
2003
as Denzil Holles
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy
MovieHarold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Harold Shipman
TVBorn and Bred
2002
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
TVClose and True
2000
as Graham True
MovieIt Was an Accident
2000
as Vernon Fitch
MovieDirty Tricks
2000
as Moss
TVPay and Display
2000
as Sydney Street
MovieStormin' Norman
2000
as Norman
MovieThe End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Savage
MovieThe Alex Ferguson Story
1998
as Narrator
MovieThe Stalker's Apprentice
1998
as Helmut Kranze
MovieStella Does Tricks
1997
as Mr. Peters
MovieThe Island on Bird Street
1997
as Doctor Studjinsky
TVThe Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
MovieThe Missing Postman
1997
as Clive Peacock
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Ron Pringle
MovieEleven Men Against Eleven
1995
as Ted Whitehead
MovieClockwork Mice
1995
as Wackey
TVSecond Thoughts
1991
as Bill
MovieSticky Wickets
1990
as Glyn
TVScreen One
1989
as Glyn
MovieCommunicators From Hell
1989
TVThe Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Trevor Chaplin
TVAndy Capp
1988
as Andy Capp
TVThe Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Trevor Chaplin
Room at the Bottom
1986
TVThe Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Trevor Chaplin
MovieMacbeth
1983
as Porter
TVShades of Darkness
1983
as Arthur Frode
TVITV Christmas Comedy
1983
MovieThe Maze
1983
as Arthur Frode
MovieClash of Loyalties
1983
as A.T. Wilson
MovieThe Plague Dogs
1982
as The Tod (voice)
TVOnly When I Laugh
1979
as Roy Figgis
MovieAs You Like It
1978
as Touchstone
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Touchstone
The Limbo Connection
1978
as Mark Omney
TVArmchair Thriller
1978
as Mark Omney
MovieThe Likely Lads
1976
as Terry
TVWhen the Boat Comes In
1976
as Jack Ford
The Philanthropist
1975
as Don
MovieIn Celebration
1975
as Colin Shaw
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
as Charlie
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Arthur
MovieMaking the Play
1973
as Husband
MovieO Lucky Man!
1973
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
TVWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Terry Collier
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Max Toller
MovieStraight On Till Morning
1972
as Joey
MovieCrucible of Terror
1972
as John Davies
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Roberts
TVBudgie
1971
as Wossname
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Husband
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Leslie Gaze
MovieOtley
1969
as Albert
MovieOmnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
1968
as Pinkie
MovieHalf a Sixpence
1967
as Mr Jones
TVOmnibus
1967
as Pinkie
Inheritance
1967
as David Oldroyd
TVBoy Meets Girl
1967
as McHenry
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Muggles
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Alan Grove
TVThe Likely Lads
1964
as Terry Collier
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Magpie
MovieA Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Roland Maule
TVA Choice of Coward
1964
as Roland Maule
MovieMurder Most Foul
1964
as Bill Hanson
TVIt's Dark Outside
1964
as Wilfred
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Herbert Hudd
MovieThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mike
MovieH.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Midshipman (uncredited)
MovieA Kind of Loving
1962
as Jeff
MovieThe Kitchen
1961
as Michael
Drama 61-67
1961
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Charlie
