Nicholas Ball

Actor

1946-04-11 – 2024-06-06 · 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.

• Lifeforce (1985) — Roger Derebridge
• Mutant Chronicles (2008) — Plutocrat
• Croupier (1998) — Jack Snr.
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) — Skeffington
• Overlord (1975) — Arthur
• Dead Man Running (2009) — Fight Bookie
• Trafficking (2023) — David Willis
• Pentagrama (2019) — Mr Halsey
• Rogue Male (1976) — 2nd Seaman
• Doom Room (2013) — Man
• The Manor (1999) — Sir Everett Blake
• Running Out of Luck (1987)
• The Krays: Dead Man Walking (2018) — Harry Webster
• The Haunting of Pendle Hill (2022) — Uncle Alfred
• A New Breed of Criminal (2023) — Charlie Kray
• Sisterhood (2008) — Jack
• Muse (2019) — Mr. Williams
• Out of Depth (2000) — Lenny
• Claudia (1985) — Howard
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) — James Vane
• Video Stars (1983) — Bob
• Nelly's Version (1983) — Inspector Leach
• Thicker Than Water (1980) — John Arnott
• Peter (2011) — Martin Clement