Robin Ellis
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
John
1970
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton
1984
Series
Heartbeat
Joe Henderson
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Sir Richard Lonsdale
1992
Series
Poldark
Reverend Halse
2015
Series
American Playhouse
Robert Acton
1982
Series
Wallander
Tom Lyell
2005
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas
1971
Series
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
Series
Between the Lines
1992
Series
Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown
1975
Series
The Main Chance
Donald Gordon Hopwood
1969
Series
New Scotland Yard
Steve Thomas
1972
Series
Churchill's People
Major White
1974
Series
Poldark
Ross Poldark
1975
Series
Cluedo
Colonel Mike Mustard
1990
Series
Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux
1971
Series
The Frighteners
Mike
1972
Love and Marriage
Adrian Carter
1984
Series
Shadows of Fear
Roger
1970
Series
The Guardians
Peter Lee
1971
Series
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
1972
Series
The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator
1995
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Series
Armchair Theatre
Dr. Jim Beverly
1956
Bel Ami
Georges Duroy
1971
Seven Faces of Woman
Lawrence
1974
Series
Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars
1971
Capstick's Law
Henry Capstick
1989
Film
The Negotiator
Stuart Shaw
1994
Biography
Hammond
1970
Series
A Dark Adapted Eye
John
1994
Bel Ami
Georges Duroy
1971
Film
She Loves Me
Georg Nowack
1979
Film
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter
1980
Series
End of Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)
1985
Film
The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator
1995
The Waterfall
James Otford
1980
Film
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)
1990
Film
The Europeans
Robert Acton
1979
Film
The Comedy of Errors
Dr. Pinch
1978
Film
The Trial of Lord Lucan
Sir Charles Moore
1994
Series
The Inside Man
Michael Barnett
1969
Series
The Fall of Milosevic
Narrator
2001
Film
Bright Eyes
Sam Howard
1982
Film
Blue Remembered Hills
John
1979
Film
The Good Soldier
John Dowell
1981
Film
Tres mujeres de hoy
Alejandro
1980
Film
Arthur? Arthur!
Ames
1969
Film
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
1972
Film
Wallander: The Photographer
Tom Lyell
2006
Film
Wednesday's Child
1970
Knots
1975
Film
Children of the Open Road
(voice)
1988
Film
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator
1996
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator
1996