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Nicholas Ball

Acting · Born April 11, 1946 · Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

Nicholas Ball was an English actor best known for playing the title role of James Hazell in the television series Hazell. 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.

Nicholas Ball movies and shows

  • Heartbeat1992
  • Play for Today1970
  • Red Dwarf1988
  • BBC Play of the Month1965
  • Tales of the Unexpected1979
  • ITV Playhouse1967
  • Hustle2004
  • Bergerac1981
  • Pie in the Sky1994
  • The Young Ones1982
  • Acapulco H.E.A.T.1993
  • Jonathan Creek1997
  • Footballers' Wives2002
  • Hammer House of Horror1980
  • Lifeforce1985
  • The Commander2003
  • Cluedo1990
  • Hazell1978
  • Urban Gothic2000
  • Footballers' Wives: Extra Time2005
  • A.D.1985
  • The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous1997
  • Mutant Chronicles2008
  • Colin's Sandwich1988