Person

Acting

May 23, 1947

South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Jim Barclay

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 t…

Known for

8.1

Black Books

2000

7.9

The Young Ones

1982

8.1

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

4.2

EastEnders

1985

7.7

One Foot in the Grave

1990

7.3

New Tricks

2004

7.6

The Professionals

1977

6.5

Peak Practice

1993

4.8

After You've Gone

2007

7.6

Jossy's Giants

1986

6.2

The Paradise Club

1989

8.5

Secret History

1991

Filmography(21)

21 titles across Movies & TV

Movie

A Very British Cult

2009

4.8

After You've Gone

2007

7.3

New Tricks

2004

8.1

Black Books

2000

6.5

Peak Practice

1993

7.0

Movie

A Question of Identity

1992

Movie

Bloody Sunday

1991

8.5

Secret History

1991

8.1

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

7.7

One Foot in the Grave

1990

6.2

The Paradise Club

1989

6.7

The Nineteenth Hole

1989

7.6

Jossy's Giants

1986

4.2

EastEnders

1985

10.0

Movie

King

1984

9.0

Nobody's Hero

1982

7.9

The Young Ones

1982

6.0

The Bagthorpe Saga

1981

Movie

Fatal Spring

1980

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

10.0

Movie

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

1980

7.6

The Professionals

1977