Robin Mark Askwith (born 12 October 1950) is an English actor and singer who has appeared in a number of film, television and stage productions.
Making his film debut as Keating in the film if.... (1968), a role he would reprise in Britannia Hospital (1982), Askwith went on to appear in many films including Otley (1969), Alfred the Great (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and The Canterbury Tales (1972), the horror films Tower of Evil (1972), The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) and Horror Hospital (1973) and the comedy films Bless This House (1972), Carry On Girls (1973) and No Sex Please, We're British (1973). However it was his role as Timothy Lea in the Confessions film series that would make him a household name.
Askwith has appeared on television as Fred Pickering in Beryl's Lot (1973–1975), Dave Deacon in Bottle Boys (1984–1985) and Ritchie de Vries in Coronation Street (2013–2014).
In 1975, at Drury Lane's New London Theatre, Askwith was voted "Most Promising Newcomer – Male" at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Askwith's most recent television roles include Emmerdale, Benidorm and a main role in The Madame Blanc Mysteries.
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Date: 12 October 1950
Bklyn Eagle ed and commercial employes authorize Newspaper Guild to call strike if pact talks fail; Guild exec-vp T J Murphy lists pact aims; Eagle exec W F Crowell comment
Date: 13 October 1950
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Guild to pub own paper, Pittsburgh Reporter
Date: 12 October 1950
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Cong, 46-2, rejects Min Monzon explanation for his ban on Octubre and Social-Cristiana
Date: 12 October 1950
Inter-Amer Press Conf rept on censorship notes press freedom except for curbs on Communist papers
Date: 12 October 1950
Diario de Nueva York struck by ed, commercial and composing room employes; strikers ask Newspaper Guild to represent them
Date: 12 October 1950
Formosa Central Daily News starts air ed for Chinese in Eur and Amer
Date: 13 October 1950
end 4-day joint conf with US eds group, Columbia Univ; L Markel presides; eds form com to create internatl press inst; pass unanimously motion outlining inst aims; motion text; conf participants listed
Date: 12 October 1950
H Faber hurt in plane crash, Japan
Date: 13 October 1950
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bogota Expectador reprints Oct 11 NY Times ed; Bogota Diario Grafico comments