Robin Ellis

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Known For

Acting

Born

1942-01-08

Place of Birth

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Robin Ellis

Biography

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.

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Acting History

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
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
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
1989
Capstick's Law as Henry Capstick
1988
Children of the Open Road as (voice)
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
She Loves Me as Georg Nowack
1979
Blue Remembered Hills as John
1978
The Comedy of Errors as Dr. Pinch
1975
Poldark as Ross Poldark
1975
Fawlty Towers as Danny Brown
1975
Knots
1974
Churchill's People as Major White
1972
The Moonstone as Franklin Blake
1972
The Moonstone as Franklin Blake
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Charles Dallas
1971
The Guardians
1971
Bel Ami as Georges Duroy
1971
Bel Ami as Georges Duroy
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
The Fall of Milosevic as Narrator