Cast & creator
Ricky Tomlinson
Best known for The One Show, Loose Women, The Bill
Ricky Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles in Brookside, Cracker and The Royle Family.
Also known as: Rick Tomlinson
56
film credits
43
television credits
98
1962–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
Showing 99 of 99 credits
The One Show
Self
2006
Loose Women
Self
1999
The Bill
1984
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
GMTV
Self
1993
Hollyoaks
Bobby Grant
1995
Parkinson
Self
1998
Dalziel and Pascoe
Rowan Priestley
1996
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
DNA Journey
Self
2019
TFI Friday
1996
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Playhouse Presents
Self
2012
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Cracker
Wise
1993
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self - Guest
2014
Remembers…
Self
2022
Cold Feet
Cabbie
1998
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Self - Contestant
2013
The Late Late Show
Self
1962
Angela and Friends
2009
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Grimsby
Paedo Pete
2016
Countdown
1982
The Royle Family
Jim Royle
1998
In the Flesh
Ken Burton
2013
Monkey Trousers
2005
Playing the Field
1998
The 51st State
Leopold Durant
2001
The Witchfinder
Crockett
2022
This Morning
Self
1988
Boys from the Blackstuff
Doctor
1982
Roughnecks
Cinders
1994
We Have Been Watching
Self
2017
Mike Bassett: Manager
Mike Bassett
2005
The Last Dragonslayer
Moobin
2016
Mike Bassett: England Manager
Mike Bassett
2001
Great Night Out
Warren
2013
Nativity!
Mayor
2009
Riff-Raff
Larry
1991Celebrity Advice Bureau
Self
2016
Butterfly Kiss
Robert
1995
Preaching to the Perverted
Fibbin' Gibbins
1997
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Santa Claus (voice)
1999
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
Himself
2024Nice Guy Eddie
Eddie McMullen
2002
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
The Greatest Store in the World
Santa
1999
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Charlie
2002
Life Is All You Get
Buddy
1997
Mojo
Ezra
1997
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Actor
2016
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Jim
2010
The More You Ignore Me
Bert Wildgoose
2018
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Jim Royle
2008
Northern Soul
John's Grandad
2014
Cracker: White Ghost
Wise
1996
The Virgin of Liverpool
Frank Conlon
2003
Made in Britain
Narrator
2018
Ricky and Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip
Himself
2020
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Tellin' Dad
Dad
2017
Raining Stones
Tommy
1993
The Fix
Gordon
1997Lounge Act
2000
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023
Petrolheads
2006
United Kingdom
Dennis
1981
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Self
2023
Hillsborough
John Glover
1996
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Self / Jim Royle (archive footage)
2023
Overtime
Original Music Composer
2011
Carry On Ken
2006
Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug
Dad (segment "Tellin' Dad")
2017
The Golden Egg Cup
Jim Royle
2009
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Jim Royle
2012
Strange Relations
Uncle Alfred
2001
Creatures of the Night
2025
Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were
Self
2018
Another Audience With Ken Dodd
Self
2002
Christmas with the Loose Women
Self
2011
Al's Lads
Billy
2002
Dear Sarah
Warder #1
1990
Gloves Off
Mick
2017
Dockers
Macca Macauley
1999
The Production Line
Narrator
2018
Our Kid
Phil Reilly
2023
Tales of the Creeping Death
Dad
2021
Semolina Pilchard
Train Passenger
2026
Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
Dead Man (voice)
2002
Bob's Weekend
Jack
1996
Ragged
Himself
2013Nasty Neighbours
Harold Peach
2000
Testosterone: Volume Three
2019
Kenny
Himself
2017