Robin Ellis
Acting Born Jan 8, 1942 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK 24 credits
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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- Play for Today (1970) as John
- Heartbeat (1992) as Joe Henderson
- Heartbeat (1992) as Sir Richard Lonsdale
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Sir Robert Norberton
- Poldark (2015) as Reverend Halse
- Wallander (2005) as Tom Lyell
- Timewatch (1982) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Main Chance (1969) as Donald Gordon Hopwood
- Between the Lines (1992)
- Poldark (1975) as Ross Poldark
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Charles Dallas
- Fawlty Towers (1975) as Danny Brown
- Churchill's People (1974) as Major White
- Cluedo (1990) as Colonel Mike Mustard
- New Scotland Yard (1972) as Steve Thomas
- Elizabeth R (1971) as Robert Devereaux
- The Frighteners (1972) as Mike
- Shadows of Fear (1970) as Roger
- Love and Marriage (1984) as Adrian Carter
- The Guardians (1971) as Peter Lee
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Dr. Jim Beverly
- The Moonstone (1972) as Franklin Blake
- Sense and Sensibility (1971) as Edward Ferrars
- Bel Ami (1971) as Georges Duroy