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James Christopher Bolam, is an English actor, 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.
Born
Sunday, 16 June 1935
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Comedy Years | Self / Roy Figgis | 2019 |
| Unconditional Love | Hutch | 2012 |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self | 2011 |
| The Many Faces of... | Figgis | 2010 |
| The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Ken Lewis | 2009 |
| Grandpa in My Pocket | Grandpa | 2009 |
| Celebration | Matt | 2007 |
| The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Harold Wilson | 2006 |
| Comedy Connections | Acting Role | 2003 |
| To Kill a King | Denzil Holles | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Comedy Years | Self / Roy Figgis | 2019 |
| Unconditional Love | Hutch | 2012 |
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self | 2011 |
| The Many Faces of... | Figgis | 2010 |
| The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Ken Lewis | 2009 |
| Grandpa in My Pocket | Grandpa | 2009 |
| Celebration | Matt | 2007 |
| The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Harold Wilson | 2006 |
| Comedy Connections | Acting Role | 2003 |
| To Kill a King | Denzil Holles | 2003 |
| The Afternoon Play | Billy | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Jack Halford | 2003 |
| Born and Bred | Dr. Arthur Gilder | 2002 |
| Bedtime | Ronnie | 2001 |
| Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings | Various Characters | 2000 |
| It Was an Accident | Vernon Fitch | 2000 |
| A History of Britain | (voice) | 2000 |
| Dirty Tricks | Moss | 2000 |
| The End of the Affair | Mr. Savage | 1999 |
| The Stalker's Apprentice | Helmut Kranze | 1998 |
| Stella Does Tricks | Mr. Peters / pimp | 1997 |
| The Island on Bird Street | Doctor Studjinsky | 1997 |
| Cold Feet | Harry Matthews | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Ron Pringle | 1997 |
| Have Your Cake and Eat It | Nat Oliver | 1997 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Father Leonard Tibbings | 1996 |
| Eleven Men Against Eleven | Ted Whitehead | 1995 |
| Clockwork Mice | Wackey | 1995 |
| Second Thoughts | Bill, Bill Macgregor | 1991 |
| Screen One | Glyn | 1989 |
| The Beiderbecke Connection | Trevor Chaplin | 1988 |
| Andy Capp | Andy Capp | 1988 |
| The Beiderbecke Tapes | Trevor Chaplin | 1987 |
| The Beiderbecke Affair | Trevor Chaplin | 1985 |
| Macbeth | Porter | 1983 |
| Shades of Darkness | Arthur Frode | 1983 |
| Clash of Loyalties | A. T. Wilson | 1983 |
| The Plague Dogs | The Tod (voice) / The Tod | 1982 |
| Only When I Laugh | Figgis, Roy Figgis | 1979 |
| As You Like It | Touchstone | 1978 |
| Armchair Thriller | Mark Omney | 1978 |
| The Likely Lads | Terry Collier / Terry | 1976 |
| When the Boat Comes In | Jack Ford | 1976 |
| In Celebration | Colin Shaw | 1975 |
| O Lucky Man! | Attenborough / Examination Doctor / Attenborough/Examination Doctor | 1973 |
| Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Terry Collier | 1973 |
| The Protectors | Max Toller | 1972 |
| Straight on Till Morning | Joey | 1972 |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Roberts | 1971 |
| Budgie | Wossname Walsh, Wossname | 1971 |
| Crucible of Terror | John Davies | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Husband | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jack Todd | 1969 |
| Otley | Albert | 1968 |
| Half a Sixpence | Mr. Jones / Mr Jones | 1967 |
| The Sandwich Man | Navvy with cap - in trench | 1966 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Muggles | 1965 |
| Public Eye | Alan Grove | 1965 |
| The Likely Lads | Terry Collier | 1964 |
| Murder Most Foul | Bill Hanson | 1964 |
| The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Mike | 1962 |
| Damn the Defiant! | Midshipman Assisting in Operation / Midshipman | 1962 |
| A Kind of Loving | Jeff | 1962 |
| The Kitchen | Michael | 1961 |
| No Hiding Place | George Holmes | 1959 |
| Armchair Theatre | Charlie | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
