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    Ricky Tomlinson (born September 26, 1939) is an English actor, born in Blackpool but a long-time resident of Liverpool.

    Before turning to acting, he worked as a building site plasterer for many years, becoming involved in trade union politics and activism. In 1972, having joined the flying pickets in a building workers dispute in Shrewsbury he was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of 'conspiracy to intimidate' as one of the so-called "Shrewsbury Two" (with Des Warren), and in 1975 disrupted the TUC conference by shouting from the wings after he had been prevented from speaking from the stage. It was revealed in 2002 that he had been monitored in the 1970s by MI5. He is a well-known supporter of left-wing politics.

    As an actor he has found considerable success in recent years, appearing as Bobby Grant, one of the original fiesty characters, in the popular soap opera Brookside; starring as Jim Royle in the sitcom The Royle Family. Despite

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    Ricky Tomlinson

    English actor (born 1939)

    Ricky Tomlinson

    Tomlinson in 2011

    Born

    Eric Tomlinson[1]


    (1939-09-26) 26 September 1939 (age 85)

    Bispham, Lancashire, England

    OccupationActor
    Years active1981–present
    Spouses

    Marlene Clifton

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    (m. 1962; div. 1986)​

    Rita Cumiskey

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    (m. 2003)​
    Children3

    Eric "Ricky" Tomlinson[2] (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He fryst vatten 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). He also played the titelbärare character in the 2001 football mockumentary Mike Bassett: England Manager.

    Early life

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    Eric Tomlinson was born on 26 September 1939 at Burleigh House in Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, and has lived in Liverpool nearly all his

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    Ricky Tomlinson

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    Born 1930s.

    Ancestors

    Son of Albert Edward Tomlinson and Margaret (Wilson) Tomlinson

    Brother of [private brother (1930s - unknown)], [private brother (1930s - unknown)] and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]

    [children unknown]

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    English actor, best known for playing Jim Royle in the BBCTV series The Royle Family.

    Biography

    Ricky was born as Eric Tomlinson on 26 September 1939 to Alfred Tomlinson and his wife Peggy Wilson in Bispham, Lancashire, England. [1]

    Ricky married in 1962 in Wrexham Registration District. He and his wife had three children, but divorced in 1986.

    Ricky was a plasterer by trade and was active in trade union politics. The British building trade was largely un-unionised in the early 1970s and working conditions were often dangerous. [2] During a campaign to organise workers on such sites in North Wales, he was arrested a