Robin Askwith (born 12 October 1950, Southport, Lancashire), is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies. He also appeared in one Carry On film, Carry On Girls. Askwith was not the original choice for the lead role in the Confessions films. He was the fourth choice after the role was turned down by the three previous candidates for it, Richard Beckinsale, Richard O'Sullivan and Dennis Waterma...
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Robin Askwith (born 12 October 1950, Southport, Lancashire), is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies. He also appeared in one Carry On film, Carry On Girls. Askwith was not the original choice for the lead role in the Confessions films. He was the fourth choice after the role was turned down by the three previous candidates for it, Richard Beckinsale, Richard O'Sullivan and Dennis Waterman.
In 1977 Askwith released his first and only single naturally called “Confessions” (B Side: ‘This Space Is Reserved For You’), which reached number 39 in the charts and was performed by Askwith on Marc Bolan’s show Marc, where Bolan introduced him as “Robin Askwith - a movie star”. After the performance, Bolan remarked “Robin has in fact got a movie about holiday camping out at the moment”.
Although the Confessions series came to an end with Confessions from a Holiday Camp, a fifth and a sixth film, Confessions of a Plumber’s Mate and...
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