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James Bolam, MBE is a veteran actor recently known for playing Jack Halford on New Tricks. He is married to Susan Jameson, who appears…more

Born

6/16/1938, Sunderland, County Durham, UK

Birth Name

James Christopher Bolam

Gender

Male

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Role
- New Tricks
  Jack Halford
  - S 8: Ep 10 Tiger Tiger
    9/5/11
  - S 8: Ep 9 Half Life
    8/29/11
  - S 8: Ep 8 Only the Brave
    8/22/11
  - S 8: Ep 7 The Gentleman Vanishes
    8/15/11
  - S 8: Ep 6 Object of Desire
    8/8/11
  - + 59 More Credits
- New Tricks
  John Alan "Jack" Halford
  - S 8: Ep 3 Lost in Translation
    7/18/11
  - S 8: Ep 2 End of the Line
    7/11/11
  - S 8: Ep 1 Old Fossils
    7/4/11
- Football Diaries
  Narrator
- Born and Bred
  Dr. Arthur Gilder
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Last Hurrah (2)
    6/29/03
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Last Hurrah (1)
    6/22/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 Home to Roost
    4/27/03
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lost Souls
    4/20/03
  - S 1: Ep 5 Brothers in Arms
    5/19/02
  - + 4 More Credits
- Close and True
  Graham True
  - S 1: Ep 6 Gotcha
    12/28/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 Wide Awake
    12/21/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hurry Up and Wait
    12/14/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Lie For A Lie
    12/7/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Town and Gown
    11/30/00
  - + 1 More Credits
- Pay & Display
  Sydney
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Change Is As Good ...
    8/10/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Italian Job
    8/3/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Wedding Belles
    7/27/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 An Ill Windfall
    7/20/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Father's Day
    7/13/00
  - + 1 More Credits
- Second Thoughts
  Bill Macgregor
  - S 5: Ep 8 Friday the Thirteenth
    10/14/94
  - S 5: Ep 7 Full House
    10/7/94
  - S 5: Ep 6 Sporting Chance
    9/30/94
  - S 5: Ep 5 Dress Circle
    9/23/94
  - S 5: Ep 4 Mortal Thoughts
    9/16/94
  - + 44 More Credits
- The Beiderbecke Connection
  Trevor Chaplin
  - S 1: Ep 4 What do we have on hockey sticks ?
    12/18/88
  - S 1: Ep 3 Is he the lodger ?
    12/11/88
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hello Sir, Hello Miss
    12/4/88
  - S 1: Ep 1 Oh look - it's average sized Trevor Chaplin
    11/27/88
- Room at the Bottom
  Nesbitt Gunn
  - S 2: Ep 7 Megla On The Orient Express
    6/26/88
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Accident
    6/19/88
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Opera Singer
    6/12/88
  - S 2: Ep 4 Witchcraft
    6/5/88
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Hostage
    5/29/88
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Beiderbecke Tapes
  Trevor Chaplin
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Beiderbecke Tapes, Part Two
    12/20/87
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Beiderbecke Tapes, Part One
    12/13/87
- The Beiderbecke Affair
  Trevor Chaplin
  - S 1: Ep 6 "We are on the brink of a new era, if only…"
    2/10/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 "That was a very funny evening"
    2/3/85
  - S 1: Ep 4 "Um… I know what you're thinking"
    1/27/85
  - S 1: Ep 3 "We call it the white economy"
    1/20/85
  - S 1: Ep 2 "Can anybody join in?"
    1/13/85
  - + 1 More Credits
- Only When I Laugh
  Figgis
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Reunion
    12/16/82
  - S 4: Ep 7 When Did You Last See Your Father?
    12/9/82
  - S 4: Ep 6 Escape
    12/2/82
  - S 4: Ep 5 In Sickness and in Health
    11/25/82
  - S 4: Ep 4 All in the Mind
    11/18/82
  - + 25 More Credits
- When the Boat Comes In
  Jack Ford
  - S 4: Ep 10 Roll of Honour
    4/21/81
  - S 4: Ep 9 Comrades in Arms
    4/14/81
  - S 4: Ep 8 Action!
    4/7/81
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Bright Young Things
    3/31/81
  - S 4: Ep 6 Friends, Romans, Countrymen
    3/24/81
  - + 5 More Credits
- When the Boat Comes In
  Jack
  - S 3: Ep 15 Please Say Goodbye Before You Go
    12/15/77
  - S 3: Ep 14 High Life & Hunger
    12/8/77
  - S 3: Ep 13 A Marriage & a Massacre
    12/1/77
  - S 3: Ep 12 Diamond Cut Diamond
    11/24/77
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Father of Lies
    11/17/77
  - + 33 More Credits
- What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads
  Terry Collier
  - S 2: Ep 14 Christmas Special
    12/24/74
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Shape of Things to Come
    4/9/74
  - S 2: Ep 12 Conduct Unbecoming
    4/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Go-Between
    3/25/74
  - S 2: Ep 10 Between Ourselves
    3/18/74
  - + 22 More Credits
- The Likely Lads
  Terry Collier.
  - S 3: Ep 8 Goodbye to All That
    7/23/66
  - S 3: Ep 7 Love and Marriage
    7/16/66
  - S 3: Ep 6 Anchors Aweigh
    7/9/66
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Razor's Edge
    7/2/66
  - S 3: Ep 4 Brief Encounter
    6/25/66
  - + 15 More Credits
Guest Star (21)

Role
- The Afternoon Play
  Billy
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds
    1/17/06
- Dalziel and Pascoe
  Father Leonard Tibbings
  - S 7: Ep 3 Sins of the Fathers
    10/14/02
- Bedtime
  Ronnie Stribling
  - S 2: Ep 3 Series 2 Episode 3
    8/28/02
- Bill Owen - A Tribute
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bill Owen - A Tribute
    1/2/00
- Midsomer Murders
  Ron Pringle
  - S 3: Ep 1 Death of a Stranger
    12/31/99
- Out of Sight
  Kevin Higgins
  - S 3: Ep 9 A Gottle of Geer
    11/10/98
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 2 Geraldine James, Melvyn Bragg, James Bolam
    1/25/92
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Porter
  - S 1: Ep 29 Macbeth
    11/5/83
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Touchstone
  - S 1: Ep 3 As You Like It
    12/17/78
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 28 Making the Play
    7/2/73
- The Protectors (1972)
  Max Toller
  - S 1: Ep 3 See No Evil
    10/13/72
- Budgie
  Wossname
  - S 2: Ep 2 And the Lord Taketh Away
    4/28/72
  - S 2: Ep 1 Dreaming of Thee
    4/21/72
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
  Roberts
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
    11/8/71
- Public Eye
  Alan Grove
  - S 5: Ep 4 I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool
    7/28/71
- Somerset Maugham Theatre
  Leslie Gaze
  - S 2: Ep 10 Footprints in the Jungle
    6/25/70
- The Hoobs
  Wrinklypeep.
  - S 5: Ep 19 Twinkly Wrinklypeep
- Omnibus (UK)
  Pinkie
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Hunted Man
    11/17/68
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Muggles
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Sufferings of Peter Obnizov
    5/17/67
- No Hiding Place
  George Holmes
  - S 6: Ep 25 Rogue's Gallery
    10/5/64
- Cluff
  Jacob Bateson
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Daughter-In-Law
    8/31/64
- Z Cars
  Tom Potter
  - S 3: Ep 15 Supper in the Morning
    12/11/63

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