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Eric 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). He also played the titular character in the 2001 football mockumentary Mike Bassett: England Manager.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Play for Today | Dennis | Episode: "United Kingdom" |
| 1982 | Crown Court | Clerk of Court | 3 episodes |
| Boys from the Blackstuff | Hospital Doctor | Episode: "George's Last Ride" | |
| 1982–1988 | Brookside | Bobby Grant | 193 episodes |
| 1989 | Dear Sarah | Warder | Television film |
| 1993 | The Bill | Ray Hickey | Episode: "Home to Roost" |
| 1994 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Glyn Hunter | Television film |
| 1995 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Man Selling Chicken in Pub | Episode: |
| 1994–1995 | Roughnecks | Cinders | 13 episodes |
| 1994–1996 | Cracker | DCI Charlie Wise | 15 episodes |
| 1996 | Hillsborough | John Glover | Television film |
| 1997 | The Fix | Gordon | Television film |
| 10x10 | Episode: "Johnny Watkins Walks on Water" | ||
| 1998–2002 | Playing the Field | Jim Pratt | 29 episodes |
| 1998–2012 | The Royle Family | Jim Royle | 25 episodes |
| 1999 | Dockers | Macca Macaulay | Television film |
| Cold Feet | Cabbie | Episode: | |
| The Greatest Store in the World | Santa | Television film | |
| Hooves of Fire | Santa Claus (voice) | Television film | |
| 2000 | Safe as Houses | Lawrence Davidson | Television film |
| 2001 | Clocking Off | Ronnie Anderson | 4 episodes |
| Nice Guy Eddie | Eddie McMullen | Television film | |
| My Beautiful Son | Uncle Alfred | Television film | |
| 2002 | Nice Guy Eddie | Eddie McMullen | 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Rowan Priestley | Episode: "The Price of Fame" |
| Monkey Trousers | Various roles | Television film | |
| 2004–2005 | Down to Earth | Tony Murphy | 18 episodes |
| 2005 | Mike Bassett: Manager | Mike Bassett | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | Animal Spies | Ted (voice) | Television series |
| 2008 | Stepdad | Grandad | Television film |
| 2013 | Great Night Out | Warren | 6 episodes |
| Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2013 | Jim Royle | Television film | |
| 2013–2014 | In the Flesh | Ken Burton | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer | Moobin | Television film |
| 2019 | Matopulas | Terry McGlocklin | Television film |
| 2020 | Ricky & Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip | Himself | 6 episodes. With Ralf Little |
| 2022 | The Witchfinder | Crockett | Episode: |
| 2024 | Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two | Himself | 3 episodes. With Sue Johnston |
| DNA Journey With Ancestry | Himself | 1 episodes. With Sue Johnston | |
| 2025 | Hollyoaks | Bobby Grant | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Out of Order | Decorator | |
| 1991 | Riff-Raff | Larry | |
| 1993 | Raining Stones | Tommy | |
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Robert | |
| 1996 | Bob's Weekend | Jack | |
| 1997 | Life Is All You Get | Bruno 'Buddy' Budenski | aka Das Leben ist eine Baustelle |
| Preaching to the Perverted | Fibbin' Gibbins | ||
| Mojo | Ezra | ||
| 1999 | Nasty Neighbours | Harold Peach | |
| The Greatest Store in the World | Santa | ||
| 2000 | Lounge Act | (voice) | Short film |
| 2001 | Mike Bassett: England Manager | Mike Bassett | |
| The 51st State | Leopold Durant | ||
| 2002 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Charlie | |
| Al's Lads | Billy | ||
| Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die | Dead Man (voice) | ||
| 2003 | The Virgin of Liverpool | Frank Conlon | |
| 2007 | Learning to Walk | Granddad | Short film |
| Plenty More Fish | Compere | Short film | |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Lord Mayor | |
| 2011 | Flutter | Freddie | |
| 2014 | Psyched | Brian the Ghost Union President | Short film |
| Northern Soul | John's Grandad | ||
| 2015 | The Hound & the Rabbit | William | Short film |
| Him Upstairs | Frank Conroy | Short film | |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Paedo Pete | |
| Mike Bassett: Interim Manager | Mike Bassett | ||
| 2017 | Tellin' Dad | Dad | Short film |
| Gloves Off | Mick | ||
| 2018 | Fighter from the Docks | Grandad | |
| The More You Ignore Me | Bert Wildgoose | ||
| 2022 | Tales of the Creeping Death | Dad | |
| 2023 | Our Kid | Phil Reilly |