John Nicholas Ball (11 April 1946 – 4 June 2024) was an English actor.

Ball portrayed the vicious gang lord Terry Bates in EastEnders between 2007 and 2009.

In 2019 he appeared in an advert for Premier Inn, playing the part of Lenny Henry's manager.

Ball was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and raised in Hastings, Sussex, and trained to be an actor at Bristol Old Vic.

[1] Ball was married to actress and psychologist, Pamela Stephenson from 1978 until they divorced in 1984, when she left him for the comedian Billy Connolly.