Trivia

Passed the actual selection course for 23 SAS, one of the SAS' two Territorial Army battalions, only to be turned away from the unit because of his celebrity status.

He was considered for James Bond in the 1980s, but Albert R. Broccoli turned him down, thinking he was "too thuggish".

Holds a Private Pilot's License.

Has three sons, Oliver, Elliot and Cameron.

His father Bill Collins was road manager for Badfinger.

He claimed to be 5'11", although he often looked the same height as Martin Shaw who was 5'8.5". Although in fairness, Martin Shaw had a permed hairstyle in "The Professionals" which would have added an inch or two.

Joined Territorial Army Parachute Regiment.

When 12 he joined his local rifle club, at 14 his team beat the Liverpool Police in target shooting.

The episode of The New Avengers (1976) in which he appeared was the first time he and Martin Shaw starred together. They later went on to star in the The Professionals (1977).

Lives in Los Angeles with his family and runs a successful computer business. (1999)

Once a member of a 1960s pop group, the "Eyes", with Klaus Voormann and Paddy Chambers. Also briefly a member of "The Mojos", another 60s pop group.

He was considered for Col. Colin Caine and Roger Derebridge in Lifeforce (1985).

Owns a 20 room farm house near Gerrards Cross.

In Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden (1985), writer Tony Robinson created a heroic tortoise character named Lewis Collins.

Trained two and a half years as apprentice ladies' hairdresser then became a flower power musician in the mid '60s.

Appears as a character in a Serbian novel "Dragi u visokom dvorcu". In the novel a neo-Nazi billionaire finances a grindhouse film in the early 80s based on the "The Turner Diaries" by William Luther Pearce and and actor named "Lewis" with a strong likeness to Lewis Collins is cast in the lead role.

He trained as a paratrooper in the Territorial army.

On leaving school, he took an apprentice hairdresser's position at the Andre Bernard Salon, alongside fellow apprentice Mike McCartney (stage name Mike McGear; later a member of the comedy, music and poetry trio The Scaffold). In the same period Collins was writing songs with Mike McCartney, and when the drummer Pete Best was dropped from the Beatles, Mike McCartney suggested Collins as a possible replacement to his elder brother Paul McCartney. Turning down the option of an audition with The Beatles, Collins continued playing music on an amateur basis for a number of local bands, including The Eyes, and The Georgians.

In late1982 he returned to his beginings and recorded the single When You Come Home Again.