James Bolam Net Worth
Is $1.7 Million James Bolam Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family James Christopher Bolam, Mbe (Born 16 June 1935) Is an English Actor, Best Known for...
James Bolam net worth is
James Bolam net worth is
$1.7 Million
James Bolam Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
James Christopher Bolam, MBE (born 16 June 1935) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the children's BBC programme Grandpa in My Pocket. | Net Worth | $1.7 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 16, 1935 |
| Place Of Birth | Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK |
| Height | 5' 10½" (1.79 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Susan Jameson |
| Children | Nigel, Lucy, Lucy Bolam |
| Nicknames | MBE, James Bolam, Bolam, James |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | In this business, you do one job and then move on. You wipe everything else out - you have to. You can't live in the past. |
| 2 | I'm having some new track rods fitted on my car. I don't want to know anything about the man who's doing it. Why should he want to know about me? |
| 3 | One should be judged not by what one is, but by what one does. Also, the media encourage the notion that you are like your parts. Does that mean that you can't play Macbeth unless you go out and murder someone, or that you can only play Hamlet if you don't like your mother? It's just acting. |
| 4 | 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. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the episode "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner", several references are made to Terry (James Bolam) resembling "Andy Capp" (a popular newspaper comic strip about a gambling, drinking layabout and his long suffering wife). 15 years later, Bolam would play Andy Capp in a short-lived ITV sit-com. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Billinghurst, West Sussex, England [June 2009] |
| 4 | He trained at RADA. |
| 5 | His family left the North east when he was age 12 and moved to Derby. |
| 6 | His father died when he was young. |
| 7 | According to Monica Dickens' autobiography "An Open Book", James Bolam, who was a keen horseman, brought her novel "Cobbler's Dream" to the attention of Yorkshire Television, leading to the TV series Follyfoot (1971). |
| 8 | He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours list for his services to Drama. |
| 9 | Was the true inspiration for Marc Bolan's name, not Bob Dylan as reported. |
| 10 | Was roommates with Marc Bolan in the '60s. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Island on Bird Street | 1997 | Doctor Studjinsky | |
| The Missing Postman | 1997 | TV Movie | Clive Peacock |
| Have Your Cake and Eat It | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Nat Oliver |
| Stella Does Tricks | 1996 | Mr. Peters | |
| Eleven Men Against Eleven | 1995 | TV Movie | Ted Whitehead |
| Clockwork Mice | 1995 | Wackey | |
| Seaview Knights | 1994 | Merlin | |
| Second Thoughts | 1991-1994 | TV Series | Bill / Bill Macgregor |
| Screen One | 1990 | TV Series | Glyn |
| The Beiderbecke Connection | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Trevor Chaplin |
| Room at the Bottom | 1986-1988 | TV Series | Nesbitt Gunn |
| Andy Capp | 1988 | TV Series | Andy Capp |
| The Beiderbecke Tapes | 1987 | TV Mini-Series | Trevor Chaplin |
| Father Matthew's Daughter | 1987 | TV Series | Fr Matthew |
| The Beiderbecke Affair | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Trevor Chaplin |
| Macbeth | 1983 | TV Movie | Porter |
| Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra | 1983 | A. T. Wilson | |
| Shades of Darkness | 1983 | TV Series | Arthur Frode |
| Only When I Laugh | 1979-1982 | TV Series | Figgis Roy Figgis |
| The Plague Dogs | 1982 | The Tod (voice) | |
| When the Boat Comes In | 1976-1981 | TV Series | Jack Ford |
| As You Like It | 1978 | TV Movie | Touchstone |
| Armchair Thriller | 1978 | TV Series | Mark Omney |
| The Likely Lads | 1976 | Terry Collier | |
| The Philanthropist | 1975 | TV Movie | Don |
| In Celebration | 1975 | Colin Shaw | |
| Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Terry Collier |
| Armchair Theatre | 1974 | TV Series | Charlie |
| Oranges & Lemons | 1973 | TV Series | Arthur |
| Play for Today | 1973 | TV Series | Husband |
| O Lucky Man! | 1973 | Attenborough / Examination Doctor | |
| Jackanory Playhouse | 1972 | TV Series | Sam Pongo |
| The Protectors | 1972 | TV Series | Max Toller |
| Straight on Till Morning | 1972 | Joey | |
| Budgie | 1972 | TV Series | Wossname / Wossname Walsh |
| Crucible of Terror | 1971 | John Davies | |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | 1971 | TV Series | Roberts |
| Public Eye | 1971 | TV Series | Alan Grove |
| Take Three Girls | 1971 | TV Series | Toby Baxter |
| W. Somerset Maugham | 1970 | TV Series | Leslie Gaze |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | Jack Todd |
| Boy Meets Girl | 1969 | TV Series | McHenry |
| Otley | 1969 | Albert | |
| Omnibus | 1968 | TV Series documentary | Pinkie |
| Inside George Webley | 1968 | TV Series | Policeman |
| Half a Sixpence | 1967 | Mr. Jones | |
| Inheritance | 1967 | TV Series | Jonathan Oldroyd / Henry Singleton-Bamforth / Joe Bamforth |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1967 | TV Series | Muggles |
| The Likely Lads | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Terry Collier |
| Thursday Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Magpie |
| A Christmas Night with the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Terry Collier - The Likely Lads segment |
| No Hiding Place | 1964 | TV Series | George Holmes |
| Cluff | 1964 | TV Series | Jacob Bateson |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1962-1964 | TV Series | Roland Maule / Hec Hammond / Herbert Hudd / ... |
| The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr | 1964 | TV Movie | Frank Lambert |
| Murder Most Foul | 1964 | Bill Hanson | |
| It's Dark Outside | 1964 | TV Series | Wilfred |
| ITV Television Playhouse | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Sam Weller / Bert |
| Z Cars | 1963 | TV Series | Tom Potter |
| Taxi! | 1963 | TV Series | Lionel Curtiss |
| Love Story | 1963 | TV Series | Charlie Mitchell |
| The Odd Man | 1963 | TV Series | Juke Justice |
| The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | Mike | |
| Probation Officer | 1962 | TV Series | Alan Pendle |
| A Kind of Loving | 1962 | Jeff | |
| Damn the Defiant! | 1962 | Midshipman Assisting in Operation (uncredited) | |
| The Kitchen | 1961 | Michael | |
| Drama 61-67 | 1961 | TV Series | |
| Julius Caesar | 1960 | TV Mini-Series | Young Cato / Carpenter |
| Cold Feet | 2016 | TV Series | Harry Matthews |
| Grandpa in My Pocket | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Grandpa |
| New Tricks | 2003-2013 | TV Series | Jack Halford |
| Just Around the Corner | 2012 | TV Movie | Mick |
| Unconditional | 2012/II | Hutch | |
| Made in Wales | 2011 | TV Series | Baz |
| The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | 2009 | TV Movie | Ken Lewis |
| Celebration | 2007 | TV Movie | Matt |
| The Afternoon Play | 2006 | TV Series | Billy |
| He Knew He Was Right | 2004 | TV Mini-Series | Mr. Crump |
| Born and Bred | 2002-2004 | TV Series | Dr. Arthur Gilder |
| To Kill a King | 2003 | Denzil Holles | |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 2002 | TV Series | Father Leonard Tibbings |
| Bedtime | 2002 | TV Series | Ronnie |
| Harold Shipman: Doctor Death | 2002 | TV Movie | Dr. Harold Shipman |
| Close & True | 2000 | TV Series | Graham True |
| It Was an Accident | 2000 | Vernon Fitch | |
| Dirty Tricks | 2000 | TV Movie | Moss |
| Pay and Display | 2000 | TV Series | Sydney Street |
| Midsomer Murders | 1999 | TV Series | Ron Pringle |
| The End of the Affair | 1999 | Mr. Savage | |
| Out of Sight | 1998 | TV Series | Kevin Higgins |
| The Stalker's Apprentice | 1998 | TV Movie | Helmut Kranze |
| The Barber | 1997 | Short |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kicking & Screaming | 1995 | TV Series documentary narrator - 6 episodes |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Tricks | 2004-2010 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Plot Against Harold Wilson | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Harold Wilson |
| Football Diaries | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| WTO: Wrecking Animal Protection | 2003 | Documentary short | Narrator |
| A History of Britain | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000 | TV Special | Various Characters |
| Q.E.D. | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| This Is Your Life | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Unorganized Manager, Part One: Damnation | 1977 | Video documentary short | Richard Lewis |
| The Unorganized Manager, Part Two: Salvation | 1977 | Video documentary short | Richard Lewis |
| The Unorganized Manager, Part Four: Revelations | 1977 | Video documentary short | Richard Lewis |
| The Unorganized Manager, Part Three: Lamentations | 1977 | Video documentary short | Richard Lewis |
| Tickertape | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Quiz Ball | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Supporter |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | When the Boat Comes In (1976) |
| 1977 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | When the Boat Comes In (1976) |
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