James Bolam
Birthday: 16 June 1935, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
Height: 179 cm
James Bolam was born on June 16, 1935 in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England. He is known for his work on Grandpa in My Pocket (2009), New Tricks (2003) and When the Boat Comes In (1976). He is married ...Show More
The Likely Lads has lasted because the characters struck reality. People could identify with them. M Show more
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. Hide
In this business, you do one job and then move on. You wipe everything else out - you have to. You c Show more
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. Hide
One should be judged not by what one is, but by what one does. Also, the media encourage the notion Show more
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. Hide
James Bolam's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2
as Actor (108)
James Bolam'S roles
Savage
Ron Pringle
