Robin Ellis
Known For
Acting
Born
1942-01-08 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
Most Known For
Play for Today
as John
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson
Heartbeat
as Sir Richard Lonsdale
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton
Poldark
as Reverend Halse
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown
Wallander
as Tom Lyell
Between the Lines
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Charles Dallas
The Main Chance
as Donald Gordon Hopwood
Poldark
as Ross Poldark
Bel Ami
as Georges Duroy
Churchill's People
as Major White
Elizabeth R
as Robert Devereaux
Cluedo
as Colonel Mike Mustard
Shadows of Fear
as Roger
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
End of Empire
as Narrator