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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1939
Place of Birth
Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Rick Tomlinson
Ricky Tomlinson
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Creatures of the Night
2025
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Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
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The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
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Himself
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024
0.0
Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
8.0
Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
0.0
Phil Reilly
Our Kid
2023
0.0
Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
6.5
Crockett
The Witchfinder
2022
0.0
Dad
Tales of the Creeping Death
2021
Credits
Creatures of the Night
2025
2.0
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
0.0
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
0.0
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
as Himself
2024
0.0
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023
0.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self
2023
8.0
Our Kid
as Phil Reilly
2023
0.0
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023
0.0
The Witchfinder
as Crockett
2022
6.5
Tales of the Creeping Death
as Dad
2021
0.0
Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip
as Himself
2020
0.0
DNA Journey
as Self
2019
6.0
Testosterone: Volume Three
2019
10.0
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
as Self
2018
0.0
Made in Britain
as Narrator
2018
6.0
The More You Ignore Me
as Bert Wildgoose
2018
6.4
The Production Line
as Narrator
2018
0.0
Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug
as Dad (segment "Tellin' Dad")
2017
4.0
Kenny
as Himself
2017
6.9
Gloves Off
as Mick
2017
4.9
Tellin' Dad
as Dad
2017
4.2
🎬
We Have Been Watching
as Self
2017
0.0
The Last Dragonslayer
as Moobin
2016
5.9
🎬
Celebrity Advice Bureau
as Self
2016
0.0
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actor
2016
6.6
Grimsby
as Paedo Pete
2016
5.9
Northern Soul
as John's Grandad
2014
5.7
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self - Guest
2014
7.1
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
5.7
Ragged
as Himself
2013
0.0
In the Flesh
as Ken Burton
2013
7.2
Great Night Out
as Warren
2013
7.0
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Jim Royle
2012
7.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
6.0
Christmas with the Loose Women
as Self
2011
0.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Jim
2010
7.2
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2010
8.4
The Golden Egg Cup
as Jim Royle
2009
8.0
Nativity!
as Mayor
2009
6.3
Angela and Friends
2009
5.0
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Jim Royle
2008
7.7
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Petrolheads
2006
0.0
Carry On Ken
2006
0.0
Mike Bassett: Manager
as Mike Bassett
2005
7.8
Monkey Trousers
2005
7.3
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
The Virgin of Liverpool
as Frank Conlon
2003
2.3
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
as Charlie
2002
6.2
Al's Lads
as Billy
2002
5.8
🎬
Nice Guy Eddie
as Eddie McMullen
2002
0.0
Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
as Dead Man (voice)
2002
0.0
Another Audience With Ken Dodd
as Self
2002
7.0
The 51st State
as Leopold Durant
2001
6.1
Strange Relations
as Uncle Alfred
2001
0.0
Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Mike Bassett
2001
7.0
🎬
Nasty Neighbours
as Harold Peach
2000
5.5
🎬
Lounge Act
2000
0.0
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
6.0
The Greatest Store in the World
as Santa
1999
4.8
Loose Women
as Self
1999
3.2
Dockers
as Macca Macauley
1999
6.5
Cold Feet
1998
7.6
The Royle Family
as Jim Royle
1998
7.6
Playing the Field
1998
4.5
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Mojo
as Ezra
1997
4.0
Preaching to the Perverted
as Fibbin' Gibbins
1997
6.0
Life Is All You Get
as Buddy
1997
6.5
The Fix
as Gordon
1997
2.8
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
7.0
Cracker: White Ghost
as Wise
1996
7.0
Hillsborough
as John Glover
1996
7.0
Bob's Weekend
as Jack
1996
0.0
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Hollyoaks
as Bobby Grant
1995
5.0
Butterfly Kiss
as Robert
1995
6.3
Roughnecks
as Cinders
1994
6.5
Cracker
as Wise
1993
6.6
Raining Stones
as Tommy
1993
6.9
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Riff-Raff
as Larry
1991
6.7
Dear Sarah
as Warder #1
1990
0.0
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
The Bill
1984
6.7
Countdown
1982
6.0
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Doctor
1982
7.7
United Kingdom
as Dennis
1981
0.0
The Late Late Show
as Self
1962
5.2
Ricky Tomlinson: Football My Arse
N/A
0.0