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.

Known For

Play for Today

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Sherlock Holmes

Poldark

Wallander

The Main Chance

Between the Lines

All Movies (22)

• Wallander: The Photographer2006 · as Tom Lyell
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies1996 · as Narrator
• Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies1996 · as Narrator
• The Death of Yugoslavia1995 · as Narrator
• The Trial of Lord Lucan1994 · as Sir Charles Moore
• The Negotiator1994 · as Stuart Shaw
• The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story1990 · as Narrator (voice)
• Children of the Open Road1988 · as (voice)
• Bright Eyes1982 · as Sam Howard
• The Good Soldier1981 · as John Dowell
• Tres mujeres de hoy1980 · as Alejandro
• The Curse of King Tut's Tomb1980 · as Howard Carter
• The Europeans1979 · as Robert Acton
• She Loves Me1979 · as Georg Nowack
• Blue Remembered Hills1979 · as John
• The Comedy of Errors1978 · as Dr. Pinch
• Knots1975
• The Moonstone1972 · as Franklin Blake
• Bel Ami1971 · as Georges Duroy
• Wednesday's Child1970
• Arthur? Arthur!1969 · as Ames

All TV Shows (31)

• Poldark2015 · as Reverend Halse
• Wallander2005 · as Tom Lyell
• The Fall of Milosevic2001 · as Narrator
• The Death of Yugoslavia1995 · as Narrator
• A Dark Adapted Eye1994 · as John
• Between the Lines1992
• Heartbeat1992 · as Joe Henderson
• Heartbeat1992 · as Sir Richard Lonsdale
• Cluedo1990 · as Colonel Mike Mustard
• Capstick's Law1989 · as Henry Capstick
• End of Empire1985 · as Narrator
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Sir Robert Norberton
• Love and Marriage1984 · as Adrian Carter
• Timewatch1982 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Poldark1975 · as Ross Poldark
• Fawlty Towers1975 · as Danny Brown
• Churchill's People1974 · as Major White
• Seven Faces of Woman1974 · as Lawrence
• The Frighteners1972 · as Mike
• New Scotland Yard1972 · as Steve Thomas
• The Moonstone1972 · as Franklin Blake
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Charles Dallas
• The Guardians1971 · as Peter Lee
• Bel Ami1971 · as Georges Duroy
• Elizabeth R1971 · as Robert Devereaux
• Sense and Sensibility1971 · as Edward Ferrars
• Play for Today1970 · as John
• Shadows of Fear1970 · as Roger
• The Main Chance1969 · as Donald Gordon Hopwood
• The Inside Man1969 · as Michael Barnett
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Dr. Jim Beverly