Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 8, 1942
Place of Birth:
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Wallander: The Photographer | Tom Lyell |
| 1996 | The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies | Narrator |
| 1996 | Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies | Narrator |
| 1994 | The Trial of Lord Lucan | Sir Charles Moore |
| 1990 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Children of the Open Road | (voice) |
| 1982 | Bright Eyes | Sam Howard |
| 1981 | The Good Soldier | John Dowell |
| 1980 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Howard Carter |
| 1980 | Tres mujeres de hoy | Alejandro |
| 1979 | The Europeans | Robert Acton |
| 1979 | She Loves Me | Georg Nowack |
| 1979 | Blue Remembered Hills | John |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors | Dr. Pinch |
| 1975 | Knots | |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Franklin Blake |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Ames |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Poldark | Reverend Halse |
| 2005 | Wallander | Tom Lyell |
| 1995 | The Death of Yugoslavia | Narrator |
| 1994 | A Dark Adapted Eye | John |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Joe Henderson |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Sir Richard Lonsdale |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Colonel Mike Mustard |
| 1985 | End of Empire | Narrator |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Sir Robert Norberton |
| 1982 | Timewatch | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Danny Brown |
| 1975 | Poldark | Ross Poldark |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Robert Devereaux |
| 1971 | The Guardians | |
| 1971 | Sense and Sensibility | Edward Ferrars |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Charles Dallas |
| 1971 | Bel Ami | Georges Duroy |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | Roger |
| 1970 | Play for Today | John |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Donald Gordon Hopwood |
| The Fall of Milosevic | Narrator |