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Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–1988), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family (1998–2012).
Ricky Tomlinson was born on 26 September 1939 in Bispham, Blackpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Royle Family (1998), Formula 51 (2001) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).
Ricky Tomlinson was born on 26 September 1939 in Bispham, Blackpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Royle Family (1998), Formula 51 (2001) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001). He has been married to Rita Cumiskey since 4 January 2003.
Sep 26, 2019 · Ricky Tomlinson is an English actor, political activist and an author who has appeared in many popular television shows and films since the 1980s. He won a British Comedy Award and a National Television Award for his role of ‘Jim Royle’ in the sitcom ‘The Royle Family’.
Ricky Tomlinson: Prison & his big break in 'The Royle Family' | The Late Late Show. Ricky Tomlinson tells Paddy how he started his acting career aged 40 and for the Halloween Weekend...
Hillsborough is a television film written by Jimmy McGovern and starring Annabelle Apsion, Christopher Eccleston and Ricky Tomlinson. Set between 1989 and 1991, the film is a dramatization of the Hillsborough disaster , which saw 97 football supporters lose their lives at Hillsborough in Sheffield .
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.
Mar 30, 2024 · Ricky Tomlinson (“Eric is me posh name. Only people I owe money to call me Eric.”) was a plasterer by trade, and only took up acting when he could not get work after being released from prison.
When he was sentenced to six years in prison in 1973 for 'conspiracy to intimidate', his case became a political cause célèbre, with Tomlinson and former colleague Des Warren dubbed the 'Shrewsbury Two'. Released on appeal in 1975, he found himself effectively blacklisted by the building trade.
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