Robin Ellis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 8, 1942 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- Credits
- 54
Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookery book writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the 29 episodes of the 1975 BBC classic series Poldark, adapted from a series of books by the British author Winston Graham. He also appeared in Fawlty Towers, Cluedo, The Good Soldier (an adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel), Elizabeth R (playing Essex), The Moonstone, Bel Ami, Sense and Sensibility (which also featured Clive Francis), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, She Loves Me (in which he sings) and Blue Remembered Hills (written by Dennis Potter). In 2015–17 and 2019 he appeared in the Poldark series remake as Reverend Halse.
Known for
Filmography
Poldark
2015TV
Reverend Halse
Wallander: The Photographer
2006Movie
Tom Lyell
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005Movie
Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallander
2005TV
Tom Lyell
The Fall of Milosevic
2001TV
Narrator
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996Movie
Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996Movie
Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995Movie
Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995TV
Narrator
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994Movie
Sir Charles Moore
The Negotiator
1994Movie
Stuart Shaw
A Dark Adapted Eye
1994TV
John
Between the Lines
1992TV
Heartbeat
1992TV
Joe Henderson, Sir Richard Lonsdale
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990Movie
Narrator (voice)
Cluedo
1990TV
Colonel Mike Mustard
Capstick's Law
1989TV
Henry Capstick
Children of the Open Road
1988Movie
(voice)
End of Empire
1985TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Sir Robert Norberton
Love and Marriage
1984TV
Adrian Carter
Timewatch
1982TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bright Eyes
1982Movie
Sam Howard
American Playhouse
1982TV
Robert Acton
The Good Soldier
1981Movie
John Dowell
The Waterfall
1980TV
James Otford
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980Movie
Alejandro
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980Movie
Howard Carter
The Europeans
1979Movie
Robert Acton
She Loves Me
1979Movie
Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills
1979Movie
John
The Comedy of Errors
1978Movie
Dr. Pinch
Poldark
1975TV
Ross Poldark
Fawlty Towers
1975TV
Danny Brown
Knots
1975Movie
Churchill's People
1974TV
Major White
Seven Faces of Woman
1974TV
Lawrence
The Frighteners
1972TV
Mike
New Scotland Yard
1972TV
Steve Thomas
The Moonstone
1972TV
Franklin Blake
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971TV
Charles Dallas
The Guardians
1971TV
Peter Lee
Bel Ami
1971Movie
Georges Duroy
Bel Ami
1971TV
Georges Duroy
Elizabeth R
1971TV
Robert Devereaux
Sense and Sensibility
1971TV
Edward Ferrars
Wednesday's Child
1970Movie
Biography
1970TV
Hammond
Play for Today
1970TV
John
Shadows of Fear
1970TV
Roger
Arthur? Arthur!
1969Movie
Ames
The Main Chance
1969TV
Donald Gordon Hopwood
The Inside Man
1969TV
Michael Barnett
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Dr. Jim Beverly