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James Bolam was born on June 16, 1935 and is 88 years old now.
Birthday: June 16, 1935
How Old - Age: 88
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James Bolam - Biography
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.
Bolam was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England. His father, Robert Alfred Bolam, was from Northumberland, and his mother, Marion Alice Drury, from County Durham. After attending Bede Grammar School, Sunderland, Bolam attended Bemrose School in Derby. Bolam trained as a chartered accountant, before becoming an actor, and formally trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Bolam lives in Wisborough Green near Billingshurst, West Sussex and Chiswick, London, with his wife, the actress Susan Jameson (who co-starred with him in the TV series When the Boat Comes In, New Tricks, Close and True and Grandpa in My Pocket). They have a daughter, Lucy, and two grandchildren.
Bolam was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
