James Bolam(I)

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To Kill a King (2003)

James Christopher Bolam was born in the Sunderland Maternity Home on 16th June 1935 to Marion and Robert Bolam. Later after completing his education at Bede Grammar School he went to drama school then into repertory in Dundee with Sir Ralph Richardson before moving to London. Married to actress Susan Jameson with daughter Lucy, born in 1976 they eventually moved from Fulham to near Horsham in Sussex. He now owns two race horses, 'King Credo', which by 1993 had won three top races including the Tote Gold Trophy at Newbury which repaid his purchase and training costs and 'Unique New Yorker'

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Known for

The End of the Affair

7.0

Mr. Savage

1999

The Likely Lads

6.6

Terry Collier

1976

When the Boat Comes In

8.4

TV Series

Jack Ford

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

7.5

Mike

1962

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Actor

A Memory Owed
8.7
Short
- Stanley
- 2025
All Creatures Great & Small
8.6
TV Series
- Mr Dakin
- 2023
Sanditon
7.6
TV Series
- Rowleigh Pryce
- 2023
The Cleaner
7.1
TV Series
- Dad
- 2022
Marriage
6.4
TV Series
- Gerry
- 2022
Cold Feet
8.2
TV Series
- Harry Matthews
- 2016
Grandpa in My Pocket
5.7
TV Series
- Grandpa
- 2009–2014
New Tricks
8.0
TV Series
- Jack Halford
- 2003–2013
Just Around the Corner
7.0
TV Movie
- Mick
- 2012
Unconditional Love
6.6
- Hutch
- 2012
Made in Wales
7.8
TV Series
- Baz
- 2011
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
6.1
TV Movie
- Ken Lewis
- 2009
Celebration
6.9
TV Movie
- Matt
- 2007
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
7.7
TV Movie
- Harold Wilson
- 2006
The Afternoon Play
7.4
TV Series
- Billy
- 2006

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Personal details

Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- June 16, 1935
- Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
Spouse
- Susan Jameson1971 - present (1 child)
Other works
TV commercial (voiceover) for fish, background music is the theme music from his old programme When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article
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Trivia
While being married to Susan Jameson in real life in the television series 'New Tricks', in which they both appeared, she played the wife of Brian Lane played by Alun Armstrong.

Quotes
The Likely Lads has lasted because the characters struck reality. People could identify with them. Mothers could identify with sons, and sons could identify with themselves. The series works so well because there's an underlying truth about it all. That's why classics are classics. When you watch Laurel and Hardy, there's a fundamental truth about them, a believability which I never find with Chaplin. In the same way, you can believe in Bob and Terry.