Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography24 titles
The Plague Dogs
When the Boat Comes In
Midsomer Murders
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
New Tricks
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Island on Bird Street
Murder Most Foul
A Kind of Loving
O Lucky Man!
The End of the Affair
Stella Does Tricks
Damn the Defiant!
Macbeth
Marriage
The Protectors
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Half a Sixpence
Straight On Till Morning
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
In Celebration
Crucible of Terror
The Stalker's Apprentice
Clockwork Mice