Nicholas Ball
- Acting
- April 11, 1946 · Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
- June 6, 2024
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Kingdom by the Sea · Ray
- A New Breed of Criminal · Charlie Kray
- Trafficking · David Willis
- The Haunting of Pendle Hill · Uncle Alfred
- Pentagram · Mr Halsey
- Muse · Mr. Williams
- The Krays: Dead Man Walking · Harry Webster
- Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce · Self
- Doom Room · Man
- Fifteen · Mr. Allen
- Peter · Martin Clement
- Dead Man Running · Fight Bookie
- Sisterhood · Jack
- Mutant Chronicles · Plutocrat
- Norfolk Coast · Tucker
- Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
- Hustle · Frank Rice
- The Commander · John Dawson
- Footballers' Wives · Garry Ryan
- The Coral Island · Pirate Captain
- Urban Gothic · Mr Dimes
- Out of Depth · Lenny
- The Manor · Sir Everett Blake
- Croupier · Jack Snr.
- The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous · Larry Lockton
- Jonathan Creek · Vincent Rees
- Pie in the Sky · DCI Doggett
- Perfect Gift · Sheffield
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. · Derek Perkins
- Heartbeat · Charlie Fenton, Gregory Flambard
- Cluedo · Mr. Hall
- Colin's Sandwich · Alan Hunter
- Red Dwarf · Simulant
- Running Out of Luck
- Claudia · Howard
- Lifeforce · Roger Derebridge
- A.D. · Römischer Offizier
- Video Stars · Bob
- Nelly's Version · Inspector Leach
- Spooky · Danny Roberts
- The Young Ones · Dr. Jim Morrison
- Bergerac · Hardaker
- Sorry · Terry
- Life for Christine · Colin
- Hammer House of Horror · William
- Thicker Than Water · John Arnott
- Tales of the Unexpected · Ken Johnson
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? · Skeffington
- Hazell · James Hazell
- Rogue Male · 2nd Seaman
- The Picture of Dorian Gray · James Vane
- The Crezz · Colin Pitman
- Overlord · Arthur
- Ben Spray · Geoff
- Play for Today · John Arnott, Terry
- Confession · Karl
- ITV Playhouse · Philip
- BBC Play of the Month · James Vane