Nicholas Ball

ActingBorn 1946-04-11Died 2024-06-06 (78)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

Known For

Claudia

Pie in the Sky

Red Dwarf

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Young Ones

Hustle

Jonathan Creek

Heartbeat

Hammer House of Horror

Heartbeat

Filmography

The Kingdom by the Sea

A New Breed of Criminal

Trafficking

The Haunting of Pendle Hill

Pentagram

Muse

The Krays: Dead Man Walking

Doom Room

Fifteen

Peter

Dead Man Running

Mutant Chronicles

Norfolk Coast

Footballers' Wives: Extra Time

Hustle

The Commander

Footballers' Wives

Out of Depth

The Manor

Croupier

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

Jonathan Creek

Pie in the Sky

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Heartbeat

Cluedo

Colin's Sandwich

Red Dwarf

Running Out of Luck

Claudia

Lifeforce

A.D.

Video Stars

Nelly's Version

The Young Ones

Bergerac

Sorry

Hammer House of Horror

Thicker Than Water

Tales of the Unexpected

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Hazell

Rogue Male

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Crezz

Overlord

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month