Robin Ellis
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
2006
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
1981
Arthur? Arthur!
as Ames
1969
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
1972
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
1979
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
1978
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Narrator (voice)
1990
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
1979
Bright Eyes
as Sam Howard
1982
Blue Remembered Hills
as John
1979
Knots
1975
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
1980
Tres mujeres de hoy
as Alejandro
1980
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
1996
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
1996
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Sir Charles Moore
1994
Children of the Open Road
as (voice)
1988
Bel Ami
as Georges Duroy
1971
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
1995
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
TV Appearances
Elizabeth R
as Robert Devereaux
1971
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown
1975
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson
1992
Between the Lines
1992
Shadows of Fear
as Roger
1970
The Guardians
1971
Poldark
as Ross Poldark
1975
The Main Chance
as Donald Gordon Hopwood
1969
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton
1984
Sense and Sensibility
as Edward Ferrars
1971
Wallander
as Tom Lyell
2005