Andy Capp. Andy Capp (James Bolam). Copyright: Thames Television
James Bolam

James Bolam

  • 88 years old
  • English
  • Actor
Only When I Laugh. Roy Figgis (James Bolam). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

James Bolam is an 88-year-old English actor.

Year Production Role
2022 The Cleaner - Christmas Special
  1. A Clean Christmas
 Dad
2022 Marriage
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E4 - Episode Four
 Gerry
2019 The Comedy Years
  1. E1 - 1979
 Self
2016 Cold Feet - Series 6
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
 Harry Matthews
2012 Just Around The Corner Grandad Mick
2002 Bedtime - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Ronnie
2000 Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings Ensemble Actor
2000 Pay And Display
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  1. E1 - Doctor's Orders
  2. E2 - Father's Day
  3. E3 - An Ill Windfall
  4. E4 - Wedding Belles
  5. E5 - The Italian Job
  6. E6 - A Change Is As Good
 Sydney Street
2000 Bill Owen: A Tribute Self
2000 Pay And Display Sydney Street
1997 The Missing Postman Clive Peacock
1995 Eleven Men Against Eleven Ted Whitehead
1994 Second Thoughts - Series 5
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  1. E1 - What's New?
  2. E2 - Work Experience
  3. E3 - She's Leaving Home
  4. E4 - Mortal Thoughts
  5. E5 - Dress Circle
  6. E6 - Sporting Chance
  7. E7 - Full House
  8. E8 - Friday the 13th
 Bill
1993 Second Thoughts - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Last Words
  2. E2 - Into the Fire
  3. E3 - One More Time
  4. E4 - Auld Acquaintance
  5. E5 - Mr Fixit
  6. E6 - Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?
  7. E7 - Playing Away
 Bill
1992 Second Thoughts - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Sleeping Partner
  2. E2 - Youth and Consequences
  3. E3 - Vice Principle
  4. E4 - Double Booked
  5. E5 - Is Everybody Happy?
  6. E6 - Occupational Hazard
  7. E7 - Hello Goodbye
  8. E8 - Labour of Love
  9. E9 - Short Change
  10. E10 - Sobering Thoughts
  11. E11 - Old Problem
  12. E12 - Heatburn
  13. E13 - Faint Possibility
  14. E14 - Otherwise Engaged
  15. E15 - Management Decision
 Bill
1992 Second Thoughts - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Unhappy Returns
  2. E2 - Short Change
  3. E3 - Sobering Thoughts
  4. E4 - Old Problem
  5. E5 - Faint Possibility
  6. E6 - Just Managing
  7. Special - 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas
 Bill
1992 Second Thoughts - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Rebel Without a Pause
  2. E2 - Overtaken by Events
  3. E3 - Health and Efficiency
  4. E4 - The Rhythm of Strife
  5. E5 - May Be Baby
  6. E6 - Love and Hisses
  7. E7 - Room with a Queue
  8. E8 - Foreign Exchange
  9. E9 - Recipe for Disaster
  10. E10 - Affair Assessment
  11. E11 - Come As You Were
  12. E12 - Love, Honour and Delay
 Bill
1991 Second Thoughts - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Found And Lost
  2. E2 - Match of the Day
  3. E3 - Night of Moves
  4. E4 - She Who Hesitates
  5. E5 - Nursing a Conscience
  6. E6 - The Late Late Show
  7. E7 - Marriage of Inconvenience
 Bill
1991 Second Thoughts - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Name, Set and Match
  2. E2 - Room With a Queue
  3. E3 - Foreign Exchange
  4. E4 - Laugh and Marriage
  5. E5 - Recipe for Disaster
  6. E6 - Come as You Were
  7. E7 - Backs to the Drawing Board
  8. E8 - Occupational Hazard
 Bill
1989 Second Thoughts - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Overtaken By Events
  2. E2 - Rebel Without a Pause
  3. E3 - Youth and Consequences
  4. E4 - Health and Efficiency
  5. E5 - Maybe, Baby
  6. E6 - The Rhythm of Strife
  7. E7 - Love and Hisses
  8. E8 - There Goes the Bride
 Bill
1988 The Beiderbecke Connection
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  1. E1 - Oh Look - It's Average Sized Trevor Chaplin
  2. E2 - Hello Sir, Hello Miss
  3. E3 - Is He The Lodger?
  4. E4 - What Do We Have On Hockey Sticks?
 Trevor Chaplin
1988 Second Thoughts - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Found and Lost
  2. E2 - Match of the Day
  3. E3 - Night Moves
  4. E4 - She Who Hesitates
  5. E5 - The Late, Late Show
  6. E6 - Nursing a Conscience
  7. E7 - Negative Vetting
  8. E8 - Marriage of Inconvenience
 Bill
1988 Room At The Bottom - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Birthday Party
  2. E2 - The Chef
  3. E3 - Hostage
  4. E4 - Witchcraft
  5. E5 - The Opera Singer
  6. E6 - The Accident
  7. E7 - Megla on the Orient Express
 Nesbitt Gunn
1988 Andy Capp
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  1. E1 - New Leaf
  2. E2 - The Sporting Life
  3. E3 - Flo's New Frock
  4. E4 - Love Me Or Leave Me
  5. E5 - Economy Drive
  6. E6 - The Anniversary Waltz
 Andy Capp
1987 The Beiderbecke Tapes
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Trevor Chaplin
1986 Room At The Bottom - Series 1
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  1. E1 - The Siege
  2. E2 - The Theatre Tickets
  3. E3 - The German Visitor
  4. E4 - The Big Prize
  5. E5 - A Frame Up
  6. E6 - Winter Schedules
 Nesbitt Gunn
1985 The Beiderbecke Affair
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  1. E1 - What I Don't Understand Is This...
  2. E2 - Can Anybody Join In?
  3. E3 - We Call It The White Economy
  4. E4 - Um... I Know What You're Thinking
  5. E5 - That Was A Very Funny Evening
  6. E6 - We Are On The Brink Of A New Era, If Only...
 Trevor Chaplin
1982 Only When I Laugh - Series 4
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  1. E1 - Blood Brothers
  2. E2 - Conduct Unbecoming
  3. E3 - All In The Mind
  4. E4 - In Sickness And In Health
  5. E5 - Escape
  6. E6 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
  7. E7 - The Reunion
 Roy Figgis
1981 Only When I Laugh - Series 3
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  1. E1 - A Day In The Life Of
  2. E2 - Adam's Rib
  3. E3 - The Right Honourable Gentleman
  4. E4 - Postman's Knock
  5. E5 - Accident
  6. E6 - Dear Diary
  7. E7 - These You Have Loved
  8. Special - Away For Christmas
 Roy Figgis
1980 Only When I Laugh - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Whatever Happened To Gloria Robbins?
  2. E2 - When There's A Will
  3. E3 - It Can Damage Your Health
  4. E4 - The Cosmic Influence
  5. E5 - The Visitors
  6. E6 - The Lost Sheep
  7. E7 - Last Tango
 Roy Figgis
1979 Only When I Laugh - Series 1
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  1. E1 - A Bed With A View
  2. E2 - Operation Norman
  3. E3 - The Rumour
  4. E4 - The Man With The Face
  5. E5 - Let Them Eat Cake
  6. E6 - Tangled Web
  7. E7 - Is There A Doctor In The House?
 Roy Figgis
1978 As You Like It Touchstone
1976 The Likely Lads Terry Collier
1975 Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
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  1. E1 - Strangers On A Train
  2. E2 - Home Is The Hero
  3. E3 - Cold Feet
  4. E4 - Moving On
  5. E5 - I'll Never Forget Whatshername
  6. E6 - Birthday Boy
  7. E7 - No Hiding Place
  8. E8 - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
  9. E9 - Storm In A Tea Chest
  10. E10 - The Old Magic
  11. E11 - Count Down
  12. E12 - Boys' Night In
  13. E13 - End Of An Era
 Terry Collier
1974 Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Absent Friends
  2. E2 - Heart To Heart
  3. E3 - The Ant And The Grasshopper
  4. E4 - One For The Road
  5. E5 - The Great Race
  6. E6 - Some Day We'll Laugh About This
  7. E7 - In Harm's Way
  8. E8 - Affairs And Relations
  9. E9 - The Expert
  10. E10 - Between Ourselves
  11. E11 - The Go-Between
  12. E12 - Conduct Unbecoming
  13. E13 - The Shape Of Things To Come
  14. Special - 1974
 Terry Collier
1973 Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Strangers On A Train
  2. E2 - Home Is The Hero
  3. E3 - Cold Feet
  4. E4 - Moving On
  5. E5 - I'll Never Forget What's-Her-Name?
  6. E6 - Birthday Boy
  7. E7 - No Hiding Place
  8. E8 - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?
  9. E9 - Storm In A Tea Chest
  10. E10 - The Old Magic
  11. E11 - Count Down
  12. E12 - Boys' Night In
  13. E13 - The End Of An Era
 Terry Collier
1968 Inside George Webley - Series 1
  1. E5 - Hold Your Breath And Count To Fifty
 Policeman
1968 The Likely Lads - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Friends And Neighbours
  2. E2 - The Other Side Of The Fence
  3. E3 - Entente Cordiale
  4. E4 - Double Date
  5. E5 - Love And Marriage
  6. E6 - Their Hearts Were Touched By Ursula
  7. E7 - Chance Of A Lifetime
  8. E8 - Goodbye To All That
 Writer (Adapted By)
1968 The Likely Lads - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Friends And Neighbours
  2. E2 - The Other Side Of The Fence
  3. E3 - Entente Cordiale
  4. E4 - Double Date
  5. E5 - Love And Marriage
  6. E6 - Their Hearts Were Touched By Ursula
  7. E7 - Chance Of A Lifetime
  8. E8 - Goodbye To All That
 Terry Collier
1968 Otley Albert
1967 The Likely Lads - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
 Writer (Adapted By)
1967 The Likely Lads - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
  2. E2 - The Suitor
  3. E3 - The Rocker
  4. E4 - Older Women Are More Experienced
  5. E5 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
  6. E6 - Outward Bound
  7. E7 - The Talk Of The Town
  8. E8 - Anchors Aweigh
 Terry Collier
1966 The Likely Lads - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Outward Bound
  2. E2 - Friends And Neighbours
  3. E3 - Rocker
  4. E4 - Brief Encounter
  5. E5 - The Razor's Edge
  6. E6 - Anchors Aweigh
  7. E7 - Love And Marriage
  8. E8 - Goodbye To All That
 Terry Collier
1965 The Likely Lads - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
  2. E2 - A Star Is Born
  3. E3 - The Talk Of The Town
  4. E4 - The Last Of The Big Spenders
  5. E5 - Far Away Places
  6. E6 - Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
 Terry Collier
1964 The Likely Lads - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Entente Cordiale
  2. E2 - Double Date
  3. Special - Christmas Night With The Stars
  4. E3 - Older Women Are More Experienced
  5. E4 - Other Side Of The Fence
  6. E5 - Chance Of A Lifetime
  7. E6 - The Suitor
 Terry Collier

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
James Bolam on IMDb

Born
Sunday 16th June 1935 (88 years-old)
Nationality
English
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