Robin Askwith (Born 12 October 1950) is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies series. In 1975, at Drury Lane’s New London Theatre, he was voted Most Promising Newcomer – Male at the "Evening Standard British Film Awards". Askwith's most recent television role was that of musician Ritchie de Vries in Coronation Street.