Robin Ellis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 8, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Poldark
TV · as Reverend Halse · 8 eps
Wallander: The Photographer
Movie · as Tom Lyell
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallander
TV · as Tom Lyell · 1 ep
The Fall of Milosevic
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Movie · as Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Movie · as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
Movie · as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
The Trial of Lord Lucan
Movie · as Sir Charles Moore
The Negotiator
Movie · as Stuart Shaw
A Dark Adapted Eye
TV · as John · 2 eps
Heartbeat
TV · as Joe Henderson, Sir Richard Lonsdale · 1 ep
Between the Lines
TV · 2 eps
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Cluedo
TV · as Colonel Mike Mustard · 6 eps
Capstick's Law
TV · as Henry Capstick · 6 eps
Children of the Open Road
Movie · as (voice)
End of Empire
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 14 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sir Robert Norberton · 1 ep
Love and Marriage
TV · as Adrian Carter · 1 ep
Bright Eyes
Movie · as Sam Howard
Timewatch
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Robert Acton · 1 ep
The Good Soldier
Movie · as John Dowell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie · as Howard Carter
Tres mujeres de hoy
Movie · as Alejandro
The Waterfall
TV · as James Otford · 4 eps
The Europeans
Movie · as Robert Acton
She Loves Me
Movie · as Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills
Movie · as John
The Comedy of Errors
Movie · as Dr. Pinch
Knots
Movie
Fawlty Towers
TV · as Danny Brown · 1 ep
Poldark
TV · as Ross Poldark · 29 eps
Churchill's People
TV · as Major White · 1 ep
Seven Faces of Woman
TV · as Lawrence · 1 ep
The Moonstone
TV · as Franklin Blake · 5 eps
The Frighteners
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
New Scotland Yard
TV · as Steve Thomas · 1 ep
Bel Ami
Movie · as Georges Duroy
Elizabeth R
TV · as Robert Devereaux · 2 eps
The Guardians
TV · as Peter Lee · 1 ep
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Edward Ferrars · 4 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Charles Dallas · 1 ep
Bel Ami
TV · as Georges Duroy · 5 eps
Wednesday's Child
Movie
Shadows of Fear
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as John · 1 ep
Biography
TV · as Hammond · 1 ep
Arthur? Arthur!
Movie · as Ames
The Main Chance
TV · as Donald Gordon Hopwood · 1 ep
The Inside Man
TV · as Michael Barnett · 12 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Dr. Jim Beverly · 1 ep