Robin Ellis
January 8, 1942 (83 years old) in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2015 · Poldark as Reverend Halse
- 2006 · Wallander: The Photographer as Tom Lyell
- 2005 · Wallander as Tom Lyell
- 1996 · The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies as Narrator
- 1996 · Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies as Narrator
- 1995 · The Death of Yugoslavia as Narrator
- 1994 · The Trial of Lord Lucan as Sir Charles Moore
- 1994 · A Dark Adapted Eye as John
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Joe Henderson
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Sir Richard Lonsdale
- 1990 · The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Cluedo as Colonel Mike Mustard
- 1985 · End of Empire as Narrator
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Sir Robert Norberton
- 1982 · Timewatch as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Bright Eyes as Sam Howard
- 1981 · The Good Soldier as John Dowell
- 1980 · Tres mujeres de hoy as Alejandro
- 1980 · The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Howard Carter
- 1979 · The Europeans as Robert Acton
- 1979 · Blue Remembered Hills as John
- 1978 · She Loves Me as Georg Nowack
- 1978 · The Comedy of Errors as Dr. Pinch
- 1975 · Poldark as Ross Poldark
- 1975 · Fawlty Towers as Danny Brown
- 1975 · Knots as
- 1972 · The Moonstone as Franklin Blake
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Charles Dallas
- 1971 · The Guardians as
- 1971 · Elizabeth R as Robert Devereaux
- 1971 · Sense and Sensibility as Edward Ferrars
- 1970 · Play for Today as John
- 1970 · Shadows of Fear as Roger
- 1969 · Arthur? Arthur! as Ames
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Donald Gordon Hopwood
- Future · The Fall of Milosevic as Narrator