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Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

Actor · Born 1942-01-08 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Fawlty Towers (1975) — Danny Brown
  2. Poldark (2015) — Reverend Halse
  3. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Sir Robert Norberton
  4. Wallander (2005) — Tom Lyell
  5. Heartbeat (1992) — Joe Henderson
  6. The Europeans (1979) — Robert Acton
  7. Elizabeth R (1971) — Robert Devereaux
  8. The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) — Narrator
  9. Wallander: The Photographer (2006) — Tom Lyell
  10. Poldark (1975) — Ross Poldark
  11. Between the Lines (1992)
  12. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Charles Dallas
  13. Play for Today (1970) — John
  14. The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) — Howard Carter
  15. Timewatch (1982) — Self - Narrator (voice)
  16. American Playhouse (1982) — Robert Acton
  17. Cluedo (1990) — Colonel Mike Mustard
  18. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Dr. Jim Beverly
  19. The Good Soldier (1981) — John Dowell
  20. The Comedy of Errors (1978) — Dr. Pinch
  21. Arthur? Arthur! (1969) — Ames
  22. She Loves Me (1979) — Georg Nowack
  23. The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) — Narrator
  24. The Main Chance (1969) — Donald Gordon Hopwood
  25. The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990) — Narrator (voice)
  26. Blue Remembered Hills (1979) — John
  27. Knots (1975)
  28. Shadows of Fear (1970) — Roger
  29. The Guardians (1971) — Peter Lee
  30. Sense and Sensibility (1971) — Edward Ferrars
  31. New Scotland Yard (1972) — Steve Thomas
  32. The Moonstone (1972) — Franklin Blake
  33. The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) — Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
  34. A Dark Adapted Eye (1994) — John
  35. The Fall of Milosevic (2001) — Narrator
  36. The Moonstone (1972) — Franklin Blake
  37. Churchill's People (1974) — Major White
  38. The Frighteners (1972) — Mike
  39. Tres mujeres de hoy (1980) — Alejandro
  40. The Trial of Lord Lucan (1994) — Sir Charles Moore