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?
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1 |
| Birthday | 1935-06-16 |
| Place of Birth | Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Джеймс Болэм, |
1999
The End of the Affair
6.59/266
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended...
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The End of the Affair
2000
Dirty Tricks
5.5/10
Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and...
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Dirty Tricks
1982
The Plague Dogs
7.854/285
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parti...
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The Plague Dogs
1962
A Kind of Loving
7.092/60
As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reco...
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A Kind of Loving
1972
Straight On Till Morning
5.716/37
Brenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vi...
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Straight On Till Morning
2000
Stormin' Norman
0/0
A monologue drama from Chris Chibnall starring James Bolam as a tube driver on his last day before retirement
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Stormin' Norman
1995
Clockwork Mice
4.571/7
When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodox instruction methods raise eyebrows. But attitude...
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Clockwork Mice
1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
7.173/168
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor throu...
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1990
Sticky Wickets
0/0
It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy...
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Sticky Wickets
1997
The Island on Bird Street
7.155/71
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. T...
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The Island on Bird Street
2003
To Kill a King
5.809/70
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
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To Kill a King
1976
The Likely Lads
6.325/20
With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s B...
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The Likely Lads
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
6.534/59
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sa...
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H.M.S. Defiant
1972
Crucible of Terror
5.111/18
An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped...
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Crucible of Terror
2012
Unconditional
6/14
A psychological romantic drama about teenage twins Owen and Kristen who fall under the sway of a charismatic young loan shark who offers love to one o...
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Unconditional
1975
In Celebration
5.227/11
In a Yorkshire mining town, three educated brothers return to their blue-collar home to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of their parents, but d...
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In Celebration
2007
Celebration
6.3/3
All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective wives. At an ad...
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Celebration
1995
Eleven Men Against Eleven
7.25/4
A curtain raiser for the 1995-6 football season and a state of the Premiership comedy drama about the corrupt world of football. Sir Bob is a football...
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Eleven Men Against Eleven
2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
0/0
When Harold Wilson suddenly resigned as Labour prime minister resigned in 1976, most assumed there was a scandalous explanation. Eventually, rumours b...
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The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2000
It Was an Accident
6.667/6
An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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It Was an Accident
2002
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
6.7/3
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who thr...
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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
1961
The Kitchen
7.333/3
In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encl...
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The Kitchen
2011
Tentboy
0/0
Griff's parents are concerned about his grandfather's influence when he sets up a tent in the yard.
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Tentboy
1975
The Philanthropist
8/1
The original play by Christopher Hampton, was adapted into this made-for-TV movie and it offers witty dialogue in the midst of remarkable conflict amo...
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The Philanthropist
1983
The Maze
0/0
A couple move to a country estate that turns out to be haunted.
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The Maze
1974
If You Could See What I Can See
0/0
Trevor returns to his old home town to see his estranged wife and son, but fails to see why she is afraid of him.
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If You Could See What I Can See
1997
The Missing Postman
5/1
When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpect...
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The Missing Postman
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7/7
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
1983
Clash of Loyalties
7.5/2
During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject colonization and employ peaceful resistance against the British o...
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Clash of Loyalties
2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
5.5/17
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the pli...
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The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
1998
The Stalker's Apprentice
4.571/7
When an absorbing new manuscript finds its way across his desk, Marcus Walwyn (Gideon Turner), an impressionable young publisher, befriends the book's...
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The Stalker's Apprentice
1997
Stella Does Tricks
6.5/19
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
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Stella Does Tricks
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
5.7/2
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
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British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
1969
Otley
6.318/22
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
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Otley
1964
Murder Most Foul
7.085/170
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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Murder Most Foul
1978
As You Like It
8.2/5
Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the co...
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As You Like It
1973
O Lucky Man!
6.848/112
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
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O Lucky Man!
1983
Macbeth
6.433/15
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macb...
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Macbeth
1998
The Alex Ferguson Story
5/1
A look at the history of this legendary manager
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The Alex Ferguson Story
1973
Making the Play
0/0
They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. They're both agreed on that. So why is she always turning up to see him at...
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Making the Play
1967
Half a Sixpence
6/19
"If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But c...
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Half a Sixpence
1989
Communicators From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video.
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Communicators From Hell
1964
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
8/1
An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who w...
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A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
2025
A Memory Owed
7/1
Bound by unspoken grief, reclusive 91-year-old Stan and his young carer find unexpected solace on the windswept plains of a once-bustling WWII airfiel...
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A Memory Owed
1978
The Limbo Connection
9/1
Mark Omney is a struggling writer, and has a drink problem; his wife Clare is more successful as a journalist. After a dinner-party they host ends bad...
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The Limbo Connection
1963
For King and Country: Out There
0/0
1915: Determined to do her bit for the country, young Annie Hudd has a burning desire to go to France to help the wounded soldiers but suffers many se...
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For King and Country: Out There
1968
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
0/0
A documentary portrait of Graham Greene, filmed as a traveling interview aboard the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul. Directed by Christopher Bur...
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Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
2020
Wartime Christmas
0/0
A family experiences what it was like to celebrate the first three Christmases of the 1940s, and the challenges and deprivations families faced during...
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