
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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Known For
Acting History
2015
Poldark as Reverend Halse
2006Wallander: The Photographer as Tom Lyell
2005Wallander as Tom Lyell
1996The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies as Narrator
1996Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies as Narrator
1995The Death of Yugoslavia as Narrator
1995The Death of Yugoslavia as Narrator
1994The Trial of Lord Lucan as Sir Charles Moore
1994A Dark Adapted Eye as John
1992Between the Lines
1992Heartbeat as Joe Henderson
1992Heartbeat as Sir Richard Lonsdale
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story as Narrator (voice)
1990Cluedo as Colonel Mike Mustard
1989Capstick's Law as Henry Capstick
1988Children of the Open Road as (voice)
1985End of Empire as Narrator
1984Sherlock Holmes as Sir Robert Norberton
1982Timewatch as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982Bright Eyes as Sam Howard
1981The Good Soldier as John Dowell
1980Tres mujeres de hoy as Alejandro
1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Howard Carter
1979The Europeans as Robert Acton
1979She Loves Me as Georg Nowack
1979Blue Remembered Hills as John
1978The Comedy of Errors as Dr. Pinch
1975Poldark as Ross Poldark
1975Fawlty Towers as Danny Brown
1975Knots
1974Churchill's People as Major White
1972The Moonstone as Franklin Blake
1972The Moonstone as Franklin Blake
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Charles Dallas
1971The Guardians
1971Bel Ami as Georges Duroy
1971Bel Ami as Georges Duroy
1971Elizabeth R as Robert Devereaux
1971Sense and Sensibility as Edward Ferrars
1970Play for Today as John
1970Shadows of Fear as Roger
1969Arthur? Arthur! as Ames
1969The Main Chance as Donald Gordon Hopwood
—The Fall of Milosevic as Narrator








