James Bolam: movies and TV shows
James Bolam has 94 credits in the archive: 48 films and 46 TV series, from 1956 to 2025. Highest rated: Born and Bred (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2025 · busiest year: 1964 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Memory Owed | Stan | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Marriage | Gerry | TV | 6.2 | 87 |
| 2020 | Wartime Christmas | Narrator | Film | — | 85 |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 81 |
| 2012 | Unconditional | Hutch | Film | 6.0 | 77 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2011 | Tentboy | Baz | Film | — | 76 |
| 2009 | Grandpa in My Pocket | TV | 7.5 | 74 | |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Ken Lewis | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2007 | Celebration | Matt | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2006 | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Harold Wilson | Film | — | 71 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Jack Halford | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mr Crump | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play | Billy | TV | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2003 | To Kill a King | Denzil Holles | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Dr. Arthur Gilder | TV | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Harold Shipman: Doctor Death | Harold Shipman | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2000 | Close and True | Graham True | TV | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2000 | Pay and Display | Sydney Street | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident | Vernon Fitch | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2000 | Dirty Tricks | Moss | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 2000 | Stormin' Norman | Norman | Film | — | 65 |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair | Mr. Savage | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1998 | The Alex Ferguson Story | Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1998 | The Stalker's Apprentice | Helmut Kranze | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ron Pringle | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1997 | The Island on Bird Street | Doctor Studjinsky | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1997 | Stella Does Tricks | Mr. Peters | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | Clive Peacock | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1997 | The Missing Postman | Clive Peacock | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1995 | Eleven Men Against Eleven | Ted Whitehead | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1995 | Clockwork Mice | Wackey | Film | 4.6 | 60 |
| 1991 | Second Thoughts | Bill | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1990 | Sticky Wickets | Glyn | Film | — | 55 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Glyn | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1988 | Andy Capp | Andy Capp | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | The Beiderbecke Connection | Trevor Chaplin | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Beiderbecke Tapes | Trevor Chaplin | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1986 | Room at the Bottom | TV | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 1985 | The Beiderbecke Affair | Trevor Chaplin | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1983 | Shades of Darkness | Arthur Frode | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 1983 | ITV Christmas Comedy | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1983 | The Maze | Arthur Frode | Film | — | 48 |
| 1983 | Clash of Loyalties | A.T. Wilson | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1983 | Macbeth | Porter | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | The Tod (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Roy Figgis | TV | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Mark Omney | TV | 4.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Touchstone | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1978 | As You Like It | Touchstone | Film | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | The Limbo Connection | Mark Omney | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1976 | When the Boat Comes In | Jack Ford | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1976 | The Likely Lads | Terry | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1975 | In Celebration | Colin Shaw | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1975 | The Philanthropist | Don | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1974 | If You Could See What I Can See | Charlie | Film | — | 39 |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Terry Collier | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Attenborough/Examination Doctor | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1973 | Oranges and Lemons | Arthur | TV | — | 38 |
| 1973 | Making the Play | Husband | Film | — | 38 |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Max Toller | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1972 | Straight On Till Morning | Joey | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1972 | Crucible of Terror | John Davies | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Roberts | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1971 | Budgie | Wossname | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1971 | Budgie | Wossname Walsh | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Husband | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Leslie Gaze | TV | — | 34 |
| 1969 | Otley | Albert | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1968 | Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man | Pinkie | Film | — | 33 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Pinkie | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1967 | Boy Meets Girl | McHenry | TV | — | 32 |
| 1967 | Inheritance | David Oldroyd | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | Half a Sixpence | Mr Jones | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Muggles | TV | 4.2 | 30 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Alan Grove | TV | 8.2 | 30 |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre | Magpie | TV | — | 29 |
| 1964 | The Likely Lads | Terry Collier | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1964 | It's Dark Outside | Wilfred | TV | — | 29 |
| 1964 | Murder Most Foul | Bill Hanson | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1964 | A Choice of Coward | Roland Maule | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1964 | A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter | Roland Maule | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1963 | For King and Country: Out There | Herbert Hudd | Film | — | 28 |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Mike | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1962 | H.M.S. Defiant | Midshipman (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1962 | A Kind of Loving | Jeff | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | TV | — | 26 | |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Nick | TV | — | 26 |
| 1961 | The Kitchen | Michael | Film | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 24 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Charlie | TV | 6.0 | 21 |