Ted Robbins was born in 1955 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Calendar Girls (2003), Diddy Movies (2012) and The Slammer (2006). He has been married to Judith "Judy" Westell since May 1989. They have two children.
Often worked with Victoria Wood over a 35-year period, including a stint as warm-up man on Granada TV's Wood and Walters (1981) where he claims he once resorted to dropping his trousers to get a laugh from the audience.
Suffered a heart attack in January 2015 and subsequently lost four stone in weight during the next 10 months.