Jim Barclay

Jim Barclay

Birthday: 1947-05-23

Place of birth: South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

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Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Fatal Spring

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The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

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King

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A Question of Identity

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A Very British Cult

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Jeeves and Wooster

Score: 8.1

Black Books

Score: 8.1

The Young Ones

Score: 7.9

The Young Ones

Score: 7.9

The Young Ones

Score: 7.9

One Foot in the Grave

Score: 7.6

The Professionals

Score: 7.5

New Tricks

Score: 7.4

Jossy's Giants

Score: 7.3

Peak Practice

Score: 6.1

The Paradise Club

Score: 5.8

The Nineteenth Hole

Score: 5.5

EastEnders

Score: 4.2

Nobody's Hero

Score: 0.0