Nicholas Ball
Date of birth: 1946-04-11
Place of birth: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Nicholas Ball
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Lifeforce
1985-06-21
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic desce
Croupier
1998-06-25
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an
Sisterhood
2008-10-17
Catherine St.John-Burke is an independent, uptight, status obsessed, sophisticated, British woman, l
Trafficking
2023-04-24
Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal b
Overlord
1975-07-01
During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertake
Peter
2011-02-01
Peter: A Study for a Portrait of a Serial Killer is a feature film that delivers uncompromising perf
Claudia
1985-12-12
Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young mu
A New Breed of Criminal
2023-09-11
Inspired by Stephen Sayers' rise from the backstreets of Newcastle's West End to the top of the crim
Life for Christine
1980-12-02
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Perfect Gift
1994-01-05
An erotic comedy about a man who meets a sensuous, fun-loving girl at a pajama party after separatin
Running Out of Luck
1987-02-02
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number
Out of Depth
2000-04-14
Seeking to avenge an attack on his mother, Paul decides to hire a local villain, Lenny, to give the
Rogue Male
1976-09-22
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot miss
Doom Room
2013-10-10
A woman wakes up locked in a small room with no memory of how she arrived there. Unable to escape, a
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1976-09-19
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his
Fifteen
2012-06-15
David in twenty two, a film editor. He is well educated, his family are rich and he's bored. Then he
Nelly's Version
1983-06-09
People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
2018-09-10
Inspired by true events, the shocking story of London's most feared and notorious brothers Reggie an
Sorry
1981-03-03
Play by Carol Bunyan. Two very different ladies share an office, a common enemy and a sense of humou
Muse
2019-03-08
World-renowned author Harry Newman struggles to come to terms with the untimely deaths of his wife a
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
2013-10-14
Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. F
Norfolk Coast
2006-03-01
Norfolk Coast is inspired by the album of the same name by The Stranglers. It stars Jean-Jacques Bur
Pentagram
2019-08-08
A group of teenagers must somehow survive the night when they find themselves trapped within a penta
Video Stars
1983-12-06
A new underground TV-Channel is set up. This comedy drama about the rise and fall of a cable TV chan
Mutant Chronicles
2008-08-07
It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage f
Thicker Than Water
1980-01-24
The Black Pudding Festival in Normandy, France, brings competitors from all over Europe. The British
Dead Man Running
2009-01-29
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up again
The Kingdom by the Sea
2024-10-30
Tensions rise in a small rural community when a grieving young girl finds solace in the unlikely fri
The Haunting of Pendle Hill
2022-04-04
When a respected historian vanishes investigating the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612, his daug
The Manor
1999-02-11
The Manor, a dark funny version of Akira Kurosawa's " Rashomon". During a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke,
Ben Spray
1972-06-04
Ben Spray is a fantasist who tries to impress people with outrageous tales of his life. His girlfrie
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978-09-13
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being kille