Robin Ellis

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Robin Ellis

Acting 84 January 8, 1942

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

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 ser…

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Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers

8.3 1975 TV Show
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

8.2 1984 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Poldark

Poldark

7.8 2015 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
Wallander

Wallander

6.9 2005 TV Show
Between the Lines

Between the Lines

5.5 1992 TV Show
Timewatch

Timewatch

6.9 1982 TV Show
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.5 1971 TV Show
New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

6.3 1972 TV Show
Churchill's People

Churchill's People

5.0 1974 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2015
    Poldark

    TV show Reverend Halse

  2. 2006
    Wallander: The Photographer

    Movie Tom Lyell

  3. 2005
    The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

    Movie Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 2005
    Wallander

    TV show Tom Lyell

  5. 2001
    The Fall of Milosevic

    TV show Narrator

  6. 1996
    The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

    Movie Narrator

  7. 1996
    Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

    Movie Narrator

  8. 1995
    The Death of Yugoslavia

    TV show Narrator

  9. 1995
    The Death of Yugoslavia

    Movie Narrator

  10. 1994
    The Trial of Lord Lucan

    Movie Sir Charles Moore

  11. 1994
    The Negotiator

    Movie Stuart Shaw

  12. 1994
    A Dark Adapted Eye

    TV show John

  13. 1992
    Between the Lines

    TV show

  14. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Joe Henderson

  15. 1990
    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  16. 1990
    Cluedo

    TV show Colonel Mike Mustard

More credits
  1. 1989
    Capstick's Law

    TV show Henry Capstick

  2. 1988
    Children of the Open Road

    Movie (voice)

  3. 1985
    End of Empire

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  4. 1984
    Sherlock Holmes

    TV show Sir Robert Norberton

  5. 1984
    Love and Marriage

    TV show Adrian Carter

  6. 1982
    Timewatch

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  7. 1982
    Bright Eyes

    Movie Sam Howard

  8. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Robert Acton

  9. 1981
    The Good Soldier

    Movie John Dowell

  10. 1980
    The Waterfall

    TV show James Otford

  11. 1980
    Tres mujeres de hoy

    Movie Alejandro

  12. 1980
    The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

    Movie Howard Carter

  13. 1979
    The Europeans

    Movie Robert Acton

  14. 1979
    She Loves Me

    Movie Georg Nowack

  15. 1979
    Blue Remembered Hills

    Movie John

  16. 1978
    The Comedy of Errors

    Movie Dr. Pinch

  17. 1975
    Poldark

    TV show Ross Poldark

  18. 1975
    Fawlty Towers

    TV show Danny Brown

  19. 1975
    Knots

    Movie

  20. 1974
    Churchill's People

    TV show Major White

  21. 1974
    Seven Faces of Woman

    TV show Lawrence

  22. 1972
    The Frighteners

    TV show Mike

  23. 1972
    New Scotland Yard

    TV show Steve Thomas

  24. 1972
    The Moonstone

    TV show Franklin Blake