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Jim Barclay

Actor · b. 1947 · South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Jim Barclay (born 23 May 1947) is an English actor and comedian, who played the title role of Jossy Blair in the BBC TV series Jossy's Giants. He was also part of the early British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. In 1986, Barclay starred in the popular BBC children's football-based drama Jossy's Giants, playing the eponymous Jossy Blair, a former child football star injured shortly after his debut for Newcastle United, now charged with coaching a local school team to greatness. Barclay also appeared on television a number of times as a comedian, notably performing his stand-up act on Book 'Em and Risk It (Channel 4, 1983), Stomping on the Cat (Channel 4, 1984), and Interference (Channel 4, 1984). As an actor, he appeared in three episodes of the seminal alternative comedy series The Young Ones: (Boring, Flood and Sick). He has appeared in several episodes of both Grange Hill and The Bill.

Series15

  • TV4.3

    EastEnders

    1985 · 230 votes

  • TV6.5

    Peak Practice

    1993 · 10 votes

  • TV7.3

    New Tricks

    2004 · 67 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Professionals

    1977 · 47 votes

  • TV8.1

    Jeeves and Wooster

    1990 · 132 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Young Ones

    1982 · 153 votes

  • TV8.1

    Black Books

    2000 · 642 votes

  • TV7.7

    One Foot in the Grave

    1990 · 92 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Paradise Club

    1989 · 5 votes

  • TV4.8

    After You've Gone

    2007 · 11 votes

  • TV8.5

    Secret History

    1991 · 2 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Nineteenth Hole

    1989 · 3 votes

  • TV7.6

    Jossy's Giants

    1986 · 5 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Bagthorpe Saga

    1981 · 1 votes

  • TV9.0

    Nobody's Hero

    1982 · 1 votes

Movies5

  • Movie
  • Movie10.0
  • Movie7.0

    A Question of Identity

    1992 · 1 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie10.0

    King

    1984 · 1 votes