Ricky Tomlinson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1939-09-26

Place of Birth

Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Ricky Tomlinson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939), known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Tomlinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2025
Creatures of the Night
2025
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two as Himself
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023
Our Kid as Phil Reilly
2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2022
The Witchfinder as Crockett
2021
Tales of the Creeping Death as Dad
2020
Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip as Himself
2019
DNA Journey as Self
2019
Testosterone: Volume Three
2018
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were as Self
2018
Made in Britain as Narrator
2018
The More You Ignore Me as Bert Wildgoose
2018
The Production Line as Narrator
2017
Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug as Dad (segment "Tellin' Dad")
2017
Kenny as Himself
2017
Gloves Off as Mick
2017
Tellin' Dad as Dad
2017
We Have Been Watching as Self
2016
The Last Dragonslayer as Moobin
2016
Celebrity Advice Bureau as Self
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Actor
2016
Grimsby as Paedo Pete
2014
Northern Soul as John's Grandad
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self - Guest
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2013
Ragged as Himself
2013
In the Flesh as Ken Burton
2013
Great Night Out as Warren
2012
Barbara's Old Ring as Jim Royle
2012
Playhouse Presents
2011
Christmas with the Loose Women as Self
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2010
Joe's Crackers as Jim
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
2009
The Golden Egg Cup as Jim Royle
2009
Nativity! as Mayor
2009
Angela and Friends
2009
Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
The New Sofa as Jim Royle
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
Petrolheads
2006
Carry On Ken
2005
Mike Bassett: Manager as Mike Bassett
2005
Monkey Trousers
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2003
The Virgin of Liverpool as Frank Conlon
2002
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as Charlie
2002
Al's Lads as Billy
2002
Nice Guy Eddie as Eddie McMullen
2002
Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die as Dead Man (voice)
2002
Another Audience With Ken Dodd as Self
2001
The 51st State as Leopold Durant
2001
Strange Relations as Uncle Alfred
2001
Mike Bassett: England Manager as Mike Bassett
2000
Nasty Neighbours as Harold Peach
2000
Lounge Act
1999
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
The Greatest Store in the World as Santa
1999
Loose Women as Self
1999
Dockers as Macca Macauley
1998
Cold Feet
1998
The Royle Family as Jim Royle
1998
Playing the Field
1998
Parkinson as Self
1997
Mojo as Ezra
1997
Preaching to the Perverted as Fibbin' Gibbins
1997
Life Is All You Get as Buddy
1997
The Fix as Gordon
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1996
Cracker: White Ghost as Wise
1996
Hillsborough as John Glover
1996
Bob's Weekend as Jack
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1995
Hollyoaks as Bobby Grant
1995
Butterfly Kiss as Robert
1994
Roughnecks as Cinders
1993
Cracker as Wise
1993
Raining Stones as Tommy
1993
GMTV as Self
1991
Riff-Raff as Larry
1990
Dear Sarah as Warder #1
1988
This Morning as Self
1984
The Bill
1982
Countdown
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff as Doctor
1981
United Kingdom as Dennis
1962
The Late Late Show as Self
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