Robin Ellis
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.
Known For
Play for Today
John
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton
American Playhouse
Robert Acton
Heartbeat
Joe Henderson
Heartbeat
Sir Richard Lonsdale
Poldark
Reverend Halse
Wallander
Tom Lyell
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)
Between the Lines
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas
Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown
Churchill's People
Major White
Poldark
Ross Poldark
New Scotland Yard
Steve Thomas
Cluedo
Colonel Mike Mustard
The Main Chance
Donald Gordon Hopwood
Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux
The Frighteners
Mike
Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
Shadows of Fear
Roger
The Guardians
Peter Lee
The Negotiator
Stuart Shaw
Armchair Theatre
Dr. Jim Beverly
The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator
The Inside Man
Michael Barnett
A Dark Adapted Eye
John
End of Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter
She Loves Me
Georg Nowack
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)