Personal Info
Birth date
1946-04-11 (79 Years)
Day of death
2024-06-06
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Also known as
John Nicholas Ball
Nicholas Ball
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.
Filmography
Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Acapulco H.E.A.T.
5.1
Overview:
Acapulco H.E.A.T. is a 1993 syndicated television series that followed the Hemisphere Emergency Action Team [H.E.A.T.], a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico and recruited by C-5, a secret government coalition, to fight terrorism and international crime. The team kept a low profile, by acting as models and photographers who represented a Beach Fashion enterprise.Hustle
7.649
Overview:
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.Red Dwarf
8.055
Overview:
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.Bergerac
6.667
Overview:
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.Tales of the Unexpected
6.711
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.Claudia
10
Overview:
Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however has other plans for her.Pie in the Sky
8.2
Overview:
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.The Young Ones
7.856
Overview:
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).Heartbeat
7.125
Overview:
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.Hazell
5.3
Overview:
Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private detective named James Hazell.Hammer House of Horror
7.1
Overview:
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.Jonathan Creek
7.492
Overview:
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.The Commander
6.6
Overview:
Determined and ambitious detective, Commander Clare Blake takes charge of the Serious Crime Group within the Metropolitan Police.Colin's Sandwich
6
Overview:
Colin's Sandwich is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990 which stars Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail clerk who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes. In the second series, Colin manages to achieve some small successes as a writer.Cluedo
6.4
Overview:
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.Footballers' Wives
5.3
Overview:
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006. The show began with a multi-lateral focus on a variety of different types of relationships explored; however, from the third series onward, the primary focus was on a complex love triangle between Tanya Turner, Amber Gates and Conrad Gates.The Crezz
NYR
Overview:
The Crezz is a British television drama produced by Thames Television and shown on the ITV network in 1976. Created by Clive Exton, The Crezz was set in a fictitious West London crescent, Carlisle Crescent. The series was 12 one-hour programmes each focused on a different household.The series was broadcast on ITV at 9pm to start with but midway through it was put back to 10.35pm because the series didn't quite get the viewing figures that were hoped for.A.D.
5.091
Overview:
A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.Lifeforce
6.248
Overview:
A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
NYR
Overview:
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series. Footballers' Wives: Extra Time aired in the US on BBC America under the title Footballers' Wives: Overtime.Mutant Chronicles
5.259
Overview:
It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage for the remainder between the competing Corporations. During one such battle the seal is broken and awakens an ancient and deadly machine that was once defeated thousands of years ago. The order that awaited its return must now lead a small group of soldiers to destroy it once and for all.Dead Man Running
5.8
Overview:
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them bothThe Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
2
Overview:
Reeling from the death of his beautiful mother, Lysander Hawkley, semi-pro Tennis ace, moves from one married woman to another, whilst amounting debts he has no hope of paying off. Until his best friend, Ferdie, hits on a plan - Romance the wives, make the husbands jealous, but get the wives to pay for the privilege. Lysander agrees, and does well, until he meets Kitty Rannaldini, the bullied wife of the greatest conductor in the world. As he gets to know her, Lysander realises he feels more for Kitty than he'd like to admit. The town of Paradise will never be the same again!Croupier
6.7
Overview:
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.Overlord
6.8
Overview:
During 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.Trafficking
5.9
Overview:
Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from trafficking, forcing him into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with his boss.Rogue Male
6.5
Overview:
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.Acting
2024The Kingdom by the Sea as Ray
2023A New Breed of Criminal as Charlie Kray
2023Trafficking as David Willis
2022The Haunting of Pendle Hill as Uncle Alfred
2019Pentagram as Mr Halsey
2019Muse as Mr. Williams
2018The Krays: Dead Man Walking as Harry Webster
2013Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce as Self
2013Doom Room as Man
2012Fifteen as Mr. Allen
2011Peter as Martin Clement
2009Dead Man Running as Fight Bookie
2008Sisterhood as Jack
2008Mutant Chronicles as Plutocrat
2006Norfolk Coast as Tucker
2005Footballers' Wives: Extra Time (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Hustle (1 Episode) as Frank Rice
2003The Commander (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Footballers' Wives (6 Episodes) as Garry Ryan
2000Out of Depth as Lenny
1999The Manor as Sir Everett Blake
1998Croupier as Jack Snr.
1997The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (3 Episodes) as Larry Lockton
1997Jonathan Creek (1 Episode) as Vincent Rees
1994Pie in the Sky (1 Episode) as DCI Doggett
1994Perfect Gift as Sheffield
1993Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1 Episode) as Derek Perkins
1992Heartbeat (1, 1 Episode) as Charlie Fenton, Gregory Flambard
1990Cluedo (1 Episode) as Mr. Hall
1988Colin's Sandwich (6 Episodes) as Alan Hunter
1988Red Dwarf (1 Episode) as Simulant
1987Running Out of Luck as Unknown
1985Claudia as Howard
1985Lifeforce as Roger Derebridge
1985A.D. (5 Episodes) as Römischer Offizier
1983Video Stars as Bob
1983Nelly's Version as Inspector Leach
1982The Young Ones (1 Episode) as Dr. Jim Morrison
1981Bergerac (1 Episode) as Hardaker
1981Sorry as Terry
1980Life for Christine as Colin
1980Hammer House of Horror (1 Episode) as William
1980Thicker Than Water as John Arnott
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Ken Johnson
1978Hazell (22 Episodes) as Unknown
1976Rogue Male as 2nd Seaman
1976The Picture of Dorian Gray as James Vane
1976The Crezz (12 Episodes) as Colin Pitman
1975Overlord as Arthur
1972Ben Spray as Geoff
1970Play for Today (1, 1 Episode) as John Arnott, Terry
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as James Vane