Robin Ellis: movies and TV shows
Robin Ellis has 57 credits in the archive: 23 films and 34 TV series, from 1956 to 2015. Highest rated: Fawlty Towers (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2015 · busiest year: 1971 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Poldark | Reverend Halse | TV | 7.7 | 73 |
| 2006 | Wallander: The Photographer | Tom Lyell | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2005 | Wallander | Tom Lyell | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2001 | The Fall of Milosevic | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1996 | The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies | Narrator | Film | — | 54 |
| 1996 | Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies | Narrator | Film | — | 54 |
| 1995 | The Death of Yugoslavia | Narrator | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1995 | The Death of Yugoslavia | Narrator | Film | 9.5 | 53 |
| 1994 | A Dark Adapted Eye | John | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Negotiator | Stuart Shaw | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Trial of Lord Lucan | Sir Charles Moore | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Joe Henderson | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Sir Richard Lonsdale | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 50 | |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Colonel Mike Mustard | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1990 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1989 | Capstick's Law | Henry Capstick | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1988 | Children of the Open Road | (voice) | Film | — | 46 |
| 1985 | End of Empire | Narrator | TV | — | 43 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Sir Robert Norberton | TV | 8.2 | 42 |
| 1984 | Love and Marriage | Adrian Carter | TV | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Robert Acton | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1982 | Timewatch | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1982 | Bright Eyes | Sam Howard | Film | — | 40 |
| 1981 | The Good Soldier | John Dowell | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1980 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Howard Carter | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1980 | The Waterfall | James Otford | TV | — | 38 |
| 1980 | Tres mujeres de hoy | Alejandro | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1979 | She Loves Me | Georg Nowack | Film | 8.8 | 37 |
| 1979 | She Loves Me | Film | 8.8 | 37 | |
| 1979 | The Europeans | Robert Acton | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1979 | Blue Remembered Hills | John | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors | Dr. Pinch | Film | 8.6 | 36 |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Danny Brown | TV | 8.3 | 33 |
| 1975 | Poldark | Ross Poldark | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1975 | Knots | Film | 4.0 | 33 | |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Major White | TV | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1974 | Seven Faces of Woman | Lawrence | TV | — | 32 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Steve Thomas | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Frighteners | Mike | TV | 8.5 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Franklin Blake | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Moonstone | Franklin Blake | Film | 8.5 | 30 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Charles Dallas | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Robert Devereaux | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1971 | The Guardians | Peter Lee | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1971 | Bel Ami | Georges Duroy | TV | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1971 | Sense and Sensibility | Edward Ferrars | TV | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1971 | Bel Ami | Georges Duroy | Film | — | 29 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | John | TV | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | Roger | TV | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1970 | Biography | Hammond | TV | — | 28 |
| 1970 | Wednesday's Child | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Donald Gordon Hopwood | TV | 8.3 | 27 |
| 1969 | The Inside Man | Michael Barnett | TV | — | 27 |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Ames | Film | 3.8 | 27 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Dr. Jim Beverly | TV | 6.0 | 14 |