James Bolam

James Bolam

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 16, 1935
BiographyJames Christopher Bolam (born 16 June 1935) 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?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme Grandpa in My Pocket. He also played the serial killer Harold Shipman in the ITV drama Shipman and portrayed Harold Wilson in the BBC documentary The Plot Against Harold Wilson.

For When the Boat Comes In, Bolam was twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1977 and 1978 and in 1995 he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Glengarry Glen Ross at The Donmar Warehouse.

Biography from the Wikipedia article James Bolam. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Wartime Britain
Running

Wartime Britain

as Narrator
Andy Capp
Ended

Andy Capp

as Andy Capp
Born and Bred
Ended

Born and Bred

as Dr. Arthur Gilder
Close and True
Ended

Close and True

as Graham True
Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil
Ended

Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil

as Narrator
Father Matthew's Daughter
Ended

Father Matthew's Daughter

as Father Matthew
Grandpa in My Pocket
Ended

Grandpa in My Pocket

as Grandpa
Inheritance
Ended

Inheritance

as David Oldroyd
Marriage
Ended

Marriage

as Gerry
New Tricks
Ended

New Tricks

as Jack Halford
Only When I Laugh
Ended

Only When I Laugh

as Roy Figgis
Pay and Display
Ended

Pay and Display

as Sydney Street
Room at the Bottom
Ended

Room at the Bottom

as Nesbitt Gunn
Sanditon
Ended

Sanditon

as Rowleigh Pryce
Second Thoughts
Ended

Second Thoughts

as Bill Macgregor
The Beiderbecke Affair
Ended

The Beiderbecke Affair

as Trevor Chaplin
The Beiderbecke Connection
Ended

The Beiderbecke Connection

as Trevor Chaplin
The Beiderbecke Tapes
Ended

The Beiderbecke Tapes

as Trevor Chaplin
The Likely Lads
Ended

The Likely Lads

as Terry Collier
The Missing Postman
Ended

The Missing Postman

as Clive Peacock
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Ended

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Terry Collier
When the Boat Comes In
Ended

When the Boat Comes In

as Jack Ford

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
American Horror Story
Running

American Horror Story

American Horror Story is an horror television anthology series. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. While some actors appear for more than one year, they play completely different roles in each season.

GenreDrama, Horror, Thriller
My Life Is Murder
Running

My Life Is Murder

Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.

GenreDrama, Crime, Mystery
MasterChef
Running

MasterChef

Three celebrated food experts put the latest group of contestants through a series of challenging elimination rounds and turn one home cook into a culinary master.

GenreFood
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Running

The Walking Dead: Dead City

The Walking Dead: Dead City envisions the popular Maggie and Negan characters travelling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

GenreDrama, Action, Horror
Survivor
Running

Survivor

Eighteen to twenty castaways will compete against each other on Survivor. All castaways will compete to outwit, outplay, outlast and ultimately be crowned Sole Survivor.

GenreAdventure