Robin Ellis
ActingAnthony 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.
Movies
Tom Lyell
Wallander: The Photographer
2006
Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995
Sir Charles Moore
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
Stuart Shaw
The Negotiator
1994
Narrator (voice)
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
(voice)
Children of the Open Road
1988
Sam Howard
Bright Eyes
1982
John Dowell
The Good Soldier
1981
Alejandro
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980
Howard Carter
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
Robert Acton
The Europeans
1979
Georg Nowack
She Loves Me
1979
John
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
Dr. Pinch
The Comedy of Errors
1978
Wednesday's Child
1970
Ames
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
TV Shows
Reverend Halse
Poldark
2015
Tom Lyell
Wallander
2005
Narrator
The Fall of Milosevic
2001
Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995
John
A Dark Adapted Eye
1994
Between the Lines
1992
Joe Henderson
Heartbeat
1992
Sir Richard Lonsdale
Heartbeat
1992
Colonel Mike Mustard
Cluedo
1990
Self - Narrator (voice)
End of Empire
1985
Sir Robert Norberton
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Self - Narrator (voice)
Timewatch
1982
Robert Acton
American Playhouse
1982
Ross Poldark
Poldark
1975
Danny Brown
Fawlty Towers
1975
Major White
Churchill's People
1974
Mike
The Frighteners
1972
Steve Thomas
New Scotland Yard
1972
Franklin Blake
The Moonstone
1972
Charles Dallas
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971