Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

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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Filmography

2015

Poldark
Poldark
as Reverend Halse
TV - Released: 3/8/2015

2006

Wallander: The Photographer
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
Movie - Released: 5/10/2006

2005

Wallander
Wallander
as Tom Lyell
TV - Released: 1/14/2005

1996

Movie
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/31/1996
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/8/1996

1995

The Death of Yugoslavia
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
TV - Released: 9/3/1995

1994

The Trial of Lord Lucan
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Sir Charles Moore
Movie - Released: 11/10/1994
A Dark Adapted Eye
A Dark Adapted Eye
as John
TV - Released: 1/2/1994

1992

Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson
TV - Released: 4/10/1992
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
TV - Released: 9/4/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Sir Richard Lonsdale
TV - Released: 4/10/1992

1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/9/1990
Cluedo
Cluedo
as Colonel Mike Mustard
TV - Released: 7/25/1990

1985

End of Empire
End of Empire
as Narrator
TV - Released: 4/15/1985

1984

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton
TV - Released: 4/24/1984

1982

Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
as Sam Howard
Movie - Released: 4/20/1982
Timewatch
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 9/29/1982

1981

The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
Movie - Released: 4/15/1981

1980

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
Movie - Released: 5/8/1980
Tres mujeres de hoy
Tres mujeres de hoy
as Alejandro
Movie - Released: 9/19/1980

1979

The Europeans
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
Movie - Released: 5/1/1979
Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills
as John
Movie - Released: 1/30/1979

1978

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
Movie - Released: 10/17/1978
She Loves Me
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
Movie - Released: 12/22/1978

1975

Movie
Knots
Movie - Released: 1/1/1975
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown
TV - Released: 9/19/1975
Poldark
Poldark
as Ross Poldark
TV - Released: 10/5/1975

1972

The Moonstone
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R
as Robert Devereaux
TV - Released: 2/17/1971
The Guardians
The Guardians
TV - Released: 7/10/1971
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
as Edward Ferrars
TV - Released: 1/9/1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Charles Dallas
TV - Released: 9/20/1971

1970

Shadows of Fear
Shadows of Fear
as Roger
TV - Released: 6/17/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
as John
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur? Arthur!
as Ames
Movie - Released: 10/1/1969
The Main Chance
The Main Chance
as Donald Gordon Hopwood
TV - Released: 6/18/1969

Unknown

The Fall of Milosevic
The Fall of Milosevic
as Narrator
TV