James Bolam Biography (1938-)

Born June 16, 1938, in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England; son of Robert Alfred and Marion Alice (maiden name, Drury) Bolam; married Susan Jameson (an actress).

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: June 16, 1938; Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Michael, The Kitchen, 1961
Mike, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (also known as Rebel with a Cause), British Lion, 1962
Jeff, A Kind of Loving, Governor, 1962
(Uncredited) Midshipman, Damn the Defiant! (also known as H.M.S. Defiant and HMS Defiant), Columbia, 1962
Bill Hanson, Murder Most Foul (also known as Agatha Christie's"Murder Most Foul"), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
Mr. Jones, Half a Sixpence, Paramount, 1968
Albert, Otley, Columbia, 1969
Jack Davies, Crucible of Terror (also known as Unholy Terror), Glendale, 1971
Joey, Straight on til Morning (also known as Dressed for Death, The Victim, and Til Dawn Do Us Part), Hammer Films, 1972
Attenborough and doctor, O Lucky Man!, Warner Bros., 1973
Colin Shaw, In Celebration, AFT Distributing, 1975
Terry Collier, The Likely Lads, EMI Films, 1976
Richard Lewis, The Unorganized Manager, Part One: Damnation (documentary short), 1977
Richard Lewis, The Unorganized Manager, Part Two: Salvation (documentary short), 1977
Richard Lewis, The Unorganized Manager, Part Three: Lamentations (documentary short), 1977
Richard Lewis, The Unorganized Manager, Part Four: Revelations (documentary short), 1977
Voice of the Tod, The Plague Dogs, Nepenthe Productions, 1982
Al-Mas' Ala Al-Kubra (also known as Clash of Loyalties), 1983
Merlin, Seaview Knights, Stranger Than Fiction, 1994
Wacky, Clockwork Mice, Metrodome Films, 1995
Mr. Peters, Stella Does Tricks, Strand Releasing, 1997
The Barber, 1997
Mr. Savage, The End of the Affair, 1999
Fitch, It Was an Accident, Pathe, 2000
Denzil Holles, To Kill a King, HanWay Films, 2003
Also appeared in The Great Question.
Television Appearances
Series
Terry Collier, The Likely Lads, BBC, 1965-69
Inheritance, Granada, 1967
Terry Collier, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, BBC, 1973
Jack Ford, When the Boat Comes In, BBC, 1975-77
Roy Figgis, Only When I Laugh, Yorkshire Television, 1979-83
Nesbitt Gunn, Room at the Bottom, Yorkshire Television, 1986
Trevor Chaplin, The Beiderbecke Tapes, Yorkshire Television, 1987
Trevor Chaplin, The Beiderbecke Connection, Yorkshire Television,1988
Title role, Andy Capp, Thames Television, 1988
Bill, Second Thoughts, London Weekend Television, 1991-94
Voice, A History of Britain, BBC and History Channel, 2000
Graham True, Close & True, ITV, 2000
Sydney Street, Pay and Display, ITV, 2000
Dr. Arthur Gilder, Born and Bred, BBC and PBS, 2002-2004
Jack Halford, New Tricks, BBC, 2004
Miniseries
Trevor Chaplin, The Beiderbecke Affair, Yorkshire Television, 1984
Nat Oliver, Have Your Cake and Eat It, 1997
Clive Peacock, The Missing Postman, BBC, 1997

Narrator, Football Diaries (documentary), BBC, 2004
Mr. Crump, He Knew He Was Right, BBC and PBS, 2004
Movies
Frank Lambert, The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr, BBC, 1964
Helmut Kranze, The Stalker's Apprentice, 1997
Dr. Studjinsky, The Island on Bird Street (also known as Oen Ifugledgaden and Die Insel in der Vogelstrasse), Showtime, 1998
Inspector Moss, Dirty Tricks, 2000
Dr. Harold Shipman, Shipman, ITV, 2002
Father Leonard Tibbings, Dalziel and Pascoe: Sins of the Father, BBC, 2002
Detective Superintendent Jack Halford, New Tricks, BBC, 2003
Specials
Roland Maule, Present Laughter (also known as A Choice of Coward No. 1: Present Laughter), Granada, 1964
Leslie Gaze, Footprints in the Jungle (also known as W. Somerset Maugham: "Footprints in the Jungle"), BBC, 1970
Mark Omney, The Limbo Connection (also known as Armchair Thriller: The Limbo Connection), Thames and PBS, 1978
Touchstone, As You Like It (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: As You Like It and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: "As You Like It"), BBC, 1978, then 1979
Porter, Macbeth (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Macbeth and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Macbeth), BBC, 1982
Arthur Frode, The Maze, PBS, 1985
Ted Whitehead, Eleven Men Against Eleven, Channel 4, 1995
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, BBC, 2000
Episodic
Jake Justice, "This Stuff's Thicker Than Water," The Odd Man, Granada, 1963
Tom Potter, "Supper in the Morning," Z Cars, BBC, 1963
Jacob Bateson, "The Daughter-in-Law," Cluff (also known as Clough), BBC, 1964
"The Sufferings of Peter Obiznov," Thirty-Minute Theatre, BBC, 1967
McHenry, "One, Two, Sky's Blue," Boy Meets Girl, BBC, 1969
Alan Grove, "I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool," Public Eye, ITV, 1971
Roberts, "The Case of the Dixon Torpedo," The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, 1971
Wossname, "Dreaming of Three," Budgie, LWT, 1972
Wossname, "And the Lord Taketh Away," Budgie, LWT, 1972
Max Toller, "See No Evil," The Protectors, ITV, 1972
"Making the Play," Play for Today, BBC1, 1973
"The Maze," Shades of Darkness, PBS, 1984
Himself, Aspel & Company, ITV, 1992
Ronald Pringle, "Death of a Stranger," Midsomer Murders, ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Ronnie, Bedtime, BBC1, 2002
Billy, "The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds," The AfternoonPlay, BBC, 2006
Stage Appearances
Michael, The Kitchen, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1959
Lord Mayor and Smith, The Happy Haven, Royal Court Theatre, 1960
Vakov, Platonov, Royal Court Theatre, 1960
Michael, The Kitchen, Royal Court Theatre, 1961
Starveling, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Court Theatre, 1961
The Wakefield Mystery Cycle, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1961
Tom, The Knack ... and How to Get It (also known as The Knack), Royal Court Theatre, 1962
Tom Midway, Semi-Detached, Saville Theatre, London, 1962
Attendant, Oedipus Rex (also known as Oedipus the King), Mermaid Theatre, 1965
Mercury, Four Thousand Brass Halfpennies, Mermaid Theatre, 1965
Private Meek, Too True to Be Good, Strand Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, both London, 1965
Evans, Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1966
Frank More, How's the World Treating You?, Music Box Theatre, NewYork City, 1966
Frank, White Lies, Lyric Theatre, London, 1968
Brindsley Miller, Black Comedy, Lyric Theatre, 1968
Colin Shaw, In Celebration, Royal Court Theatre, 1969
Bamforth, The Long and the Short and the Tall, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1971
Robespierre, The Silence of Saint-Just, Gardner Theatre, Brighton,England, 1971
Trevor Hollingshead, Veterans, Royal Court Theatre, 1972
The Vicar of Soho, Gardner Theatre, 1972
Title role, Macbeth, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1975
Dave, Treats, Royal Court Theatre, 1976
John Terry, Who Killed "Agatha" Christie?, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1978
Title role, King Lear, Young Vic Theatre, 1981
Run for Your Life, Criterion Theatre, London, 1983
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Birmingham, England, 1989
Victory, Chichester, England, 1989
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Apollo Theatre, London, 1990
Also appeared in Arms and the Man, Cambridge, England.
Major Tours
Face, The Alchemist, Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1970
Trepliov, The Sea Gull (also known as The Seagull), Cambridge Theatre Company, British cities, 1970
Ben Butley (title role), Butley, British cities, 1973
Leonard, Time and Time Again, British cities, 1974
Arms and the Man, British cities, 1980

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