Robin Askwith has appeared on television as Fred Pickering in Beryl's Lot, Dave Deacon in Bottle Boys and Ritchie de Vries in Coronation Street.
26 Facts About Robin Askwith
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Robin Askwith was born in Southport, Lancashire, England, the eldest child of Nelson and Hazel Robin Askwith.
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Robin Askwith's father was an accountant but served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and his mother in the Women's Royal Naval Service.
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Shortly after this, the family moved from Southport to Eastcote, London where Robin Askwith was educated at Orley Farm in nearby Harrow.
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Particularly sporty at school, Robin Askwith represented the school at football, rugby and cricket and after joining the Ruislip and Northwood Swimming Club, he represented the South Counties at backstroke.
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Robin Askwith began an interest in acting because his neighbour was the floor manager at Pinewood Studios where he and his neighbour's son would watch movies being filmed, including The Servant and Cleopatra.
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The next-door neighbour of a friend was Carry On actor Kenneth Connor, and so Robin Askwith began attending a local amateur dramatics group.
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Robin Askwith did a stint of modelling for catalogues and appeared in several commercials for baked beans and Fairy Liquid.
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Robin Askwith found the school unduly strict and became a rebellious student to the extent that Askwith and two friends stole several rifles from the school armoury and held up Pinner post office stealing hundreds of pounds' worth of stamps with the intention of returning them the following week.
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Robin Askwith persuaded a crane operator, who was carrying out work at the school, to lift the headmaster's car onto the school roof.
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Robin Askwith would attend the Corona Theatre School in between acting jobs.
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Robin Askwith had roles in the historical epic film Alfred the Great, the thriller Otley, and, playing the title role, in the film version of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates.
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In 1970, Robin Askwith starred in Scramble, the first of four films he would make for the Children's Film Foundation, the others being All Coppers Are.
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Robin Askwith had a role in the epic film Nicholas and Alexandra.
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Robin Askwith starred in a string of horror films: Tower of Evil, The Flesh and Blood Show and Horror Hospital.
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Shortly after starring in Antony Balch's Horror Hospital, Robin Askwith was offered the starring role in Confessions of a Window Cleaner, directed by Val Guest.
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Robin Askwith even expressed a desire to direct Private Soldier, but neither film materialised.
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Robin Askwith has had roles in the soap operas EastEnders, Doctors, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street where he played a holiday tour guide named Aidan.
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The episodes of the soap that featured Robin Askwith were filmed in Malta, close to the island of Gozo where he has lived for many years.
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Robin Askwith returned to Coronation Street on 11 December 2013 as musician Ritchie de Vries.
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In 2000, Robin Askwith had a role in the horror film The Asylum.
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Robin Askwith made a cameo appearance in the film Run For Your Wife, released in the UK on 14 February 2013.
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In December 2022, Robin Askwith appeared in the fourth and final episode of the quartet, Strike: Troubled Blood, on BBC1.
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Robin Askwith had relationships with the actresses Cheryl Hall and later Linda Hayden during the 1970s.
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Robin Askwith married actress Leonie Mellinger in 1988 but they later divorced.
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Robin Askwith is a passionate cricket follower and a supporter of Queens Park Rangers FC.