
Nicholas Ball
Acting
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

Bergerac
1981 · tv

Heartbeat
1992 · tv

Play for Today
1970 · tv

Hustle
2004 · tv

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · tv

Red Dwarf
1988 · tv

Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · tv

The Young Ones
1982 · tv

Pie in the Sky
1994 · tv

Jonathan Creek
1997 · tv

Acapulco H.E.A.T.
1993 · tv

Lifeforce
1985 · movie

Footballers' Wives
2002 · tv

ITV Playhouse
1967 · tv

Hammer House of Horror
1980 · tv

A.D.
1985 · tv

The Commander
2003 · tv

Cluedo
1990 · tv

Hazell
1978 · tv

Overlord
1975 · movie

Croupier
1998 · movie

Dead Man Running
2009 · movie

Colin's Sandwich
1988 · tv

Footballers' Wives: Extra Time
2005 · tv

Mutant Chronicles
2008 · movie

Trafficking
2023 · movie

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
1997 · tv

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978 · movie

The Crezz
1976 · tv

Running Out of Luck
1987 · movie