James Bolam
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?, 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.
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🎬 Movies
A Memory Owed
actor
2025
Celebration
actor
2007
To Kill a King
actor
2003
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
actor
2000
Dirty Tricks
actor
2000
The End of the Affair
actor
1999
The Island on Bird Street
actor
1997
Clockwork Mice
actor
1995
Clash of Loyalties
actor
1983
The Plague Dogs
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1982
O Lucky Man!
actor
1973
Otley
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1969
Murder Most Foul
actor
1964
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
actor
1962
A Kind of Loving
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1962
📺 TV Shows
Marriage
actor
2022
Wartime Britain
actor
2021
Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil
actor
2009
Grandpa in My Pocket
actor
2009
New Tricks
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2004
Born and Bred
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2002
Close and True
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2000
Pay and Display
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2000
The Missing Postman
actor
1997
Second Thoughts
actor
1991
The Beiderbecke Connection
actor
1988
Andy Capp
actor
1988
The Beiderbecke Tapes
actor
1987
Father Matthew's Daughter
actor
1987
Room at the Bottom
actor
1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
actor
1985
Only When I Laugh
actor
1979
When the Boat Comes In
actor
1976
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
actor
1973
Inheritance
actor
1967
The Likely Lads
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1964