Actor
Jim Barclay
May 23, 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.
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After You've Gone
as Plainclothes Officer
2007
New Tricks
as Ivor (Speed Dater)
20047.3
Black Books
as Trash Customer
20008.1
Peak Practice
as Martin Lucas
1993
Secret History
as Lord Widgery (voice)
1991
Jeeves and Wooster
as Policeman
19908.1
One Foot in the Grave
as Mr Davidson
19907.7
The Paradise Club
as Bernard Webb
1989The Nineteenth Hole
as The Sergeant
1989
Jossy's Giants
as Jossy Blair
1986
EastEnders
as Doctor Chalmers
19854.2Nobody's Hero
as Larry
1982