Actor
Nicholas Ball
Born April 11, 1946 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, EnglandDied June 6, 202431 films
Nicholas Ball was an English actor best known for playing the title role of James Hazell in the television series Hazell.
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His film credits included roles in D-Day drama Overlord, Hobe Tooper's sci-fi horror Lifeforce and Mike Hodges' Croupier.
In later years Ball played violent gangster Terry Bates in EastEnders between 2007 and 2009 and Garry Ryan in series five of Footballers' Wives and both series of its spin-off programme Footballers' Wives: Extra Time.
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First watchOverlord19756.8as ArthurDuring World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
31 films as actor- 2024The Kingdom by the SeaRay
- 2023A New Breed of CriminalCharlie Kray
- 2023TraffickingDavid Willis
- 2022The Haunting of Pendle HillUncle Alfred
- 2019PentagramMr Halsey
- 2019MuseMr. Williams
- 2018The Krays: Dead Man WalkingHarry Webster
- 2013Doom RoomMan
- 2012FifteenMr. Allen
- 2011PeterMartin Clement
- 2009Dead Man RunningFight Bookie
- 2008SisterhoodJack
- 2008Mutant ChroniclesPlutocrat
- 2006Norfolk CoastTucker
- 2000Out of DepthLenny
- 1999The ManorSir Everett Blake
- 1998CroupierJack Snr.
- 1994Perfect GiftSheffield
- 1987Running Out of Luck
- 1985ClaudiaHoward
- 1985LifeforceRoger Derebridge
- 1983Video StarsBob
- 1983Nelly's VersionInspector Leach
- 1981SorryTerry
- 1980Life for ChristineColin
- 1980Thicker Than WaterJohn Arnott
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Skeffington
- 1976Rogue Male2nd Seaman
- 1976The Picture of Dorian GrayJames Vane
- 1975OverlordArthur
- 1972Ben SprayGeoff