Tom Harrison appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: in October 1976 as a Court Usher at the hearing for Renee Bradshaw's application to open an off-licence in the Corner Shop and as a Bowls Player at a grudge match between Percy Sugden and Sam Tindall in October 1985.
He also appeared in The Wednesday Play, Hadleigh, The Secret Garden, I Didn't Know You Cared, Bill Brand, Dominic, Ripping Yarns, Fallen Hero, Play for Today, Union Castle, Crown Court, Emmerdale Farm, All Creatures Great and Small, The New Statesman, Medics, A Touch of Frost and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
On film, he can be seen in Killer Waiting and The Tichborne Claimant.
Radio work includes Children's Hour, Morning Story, The Call Boy, Midweek Theatre, Afternoon Theatre, Saturday-Night Theatre, Story Time, North and South, The Herries Chronicle, South Riding, Festival at Farbridge and The Thorns of Summer.