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Jim Barclay
Acting

Jim Barclay
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-05-23,South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

A Very British Cult

0

A Very British Cult
2009-01-01

A Question of Identity

7

A Question of Identity
1992-11-13

10

King
1984-04-03

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

10

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something
1980-11-04

0

Fatal Spring
1980-11-07

0

Bloody Sunday
1991-12-05

7.909

The Young Ones
1982-11-09

7.909

The Young Ones
1982-11-09

7.909

The Young Ones
1982-11-09

4.241

EastEnders
1985-02-19

7.3

New Tricks
2004-01-01

6.5

Peak Practice
1993-05-10

Jeeves and Wooster

8.099

Jeeves and Wooster
1990-04-22

The Paradise Club

6.2

The Paradise Club
1989-09-19

8.045

Black Books
2000-09-29

7.6

Jossy's Giants
1986-04-23

The Professionals

7.554

The Professionals
1977-12-30

9

Nobody's Hero
1982-11-10

One Foot in the Grave

7.7

One Foot in the Grave
1990-01-04

The Nineteenth Hole

6.667

The Nineteenth Hole
1989-06-05

After You've Gone

4.8

After You've Gone
2007-01-12

The Bagthorpe Saga

6

The Bagthorpe Saga
1981-03-25

8.5

Secret History
1991-11-14