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Nicholas Ball
Born: 1946-04-11 in 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.
Rated Filmography (23)
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Thicker Than Water
1980
9.5
Claudia
1985
9.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976
9.0
Nelly's Version
1983
9.0
Video Stars
1983
6.8
Overlord
1975
6.7
Croupier
1998
6.5
Rogue Male
1976
6.5
The Manor
1999
6.2
Lifeforce
1985
6.1
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
6.1
Trafficking
2023
5.8
Dead Man Running
2009
5.7
Out of Depth
2000
5.6
Running Out of Luck
1987
5.3
A New Breed of Criminal
2023
5.3
Mutant Chronicles
2008
5.2
Muse
2019
4.6
Doom Room
2013
4.5
Sisterhood
2008
3.6
Pentagram
2019
3.0
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
2018
2.2
The Haunting of Pendle Hill
2022