
Robin Ellis
Actor
Born: January 8, 1942 (84 years old)
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography (17)
- Elizabeth R (1971, ★ 7.4)
- Fawlty Towers (1975, ★ 8.3)
- Sherlock Holmes (1984, ★ 8.2)
- Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
- Poldark (1975, ★ 6.8)
- Timewatch (1982, ★ 6.9)
- Wallander (2005, ★ 6.9)
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971, ★ 7.4)
- Poldark (2015, ★ 7.7)
- Cluedo (1990, ★ 6.4)
- Play for Today (1970, ★ 6.3)
- The Death of Yugoslavia (1995, ★ 7.2)
- Wallander: The Photographer (2006, ★ 5.3)
- The Europeans (1979, ★ 5.5)
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980, ★ 4.3)
- Between the Lines (1992, ★ 5.2)
- Armchair Theatre (1956, ★ 5.8)