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Robin Ellis
Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

ActingBorn January 8, 1942 (age 84)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

2015
Poldark

as Reverend Halse

TV
2006Movie
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2005
Wallander

as Tom Lyell

TV
2001TV
1996Movie
1995Movie
1995TV
1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan

as Sir Charles Moore

Movie
1994
The Negotiator

as Stuart Shaw

Movie
1994TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Joe Henderson

TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Sir Richard Lonsdale

TV
1990
Cluedo

as Colonel Mike Mustard

TV
1989
Capstick's Law

as Henry Capstick

TV
1988Movie
1985
End of Empire

as Narrator

TV
1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Sir Robert Norberton

TV
1984
Love and Marriage

as Adrian Carter

TV
1982
Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1982
Bright Eyes

as Sam Howard

Movie
1981
The Good Soldier

as John Dowell

Movie
1980Movie
1980Movie
1979
The Europeans

as Robert Acton

Movie
1979
She Loves Me

as Georg Nowack

Movie
1979Movie
1978Movie
1975
Poldark

as Ross Poldark

TV
1975
Fawlty Towers

as Danny Brown

TV
1975Movie
1974
Churchill's People

as Major White

TV
1974TV
1972TV
1972
New Scotland Yard

as Steve Thomas

TV
1972
The Moonstone

as Franklin Blake

TV
1972
The Moonstone

as Franklin Blake

Movie
1971TV
1971
The Guardians

as Peter Lee

TV
1971
Bel Ami

as Georges Duroy

Movie
1971
Bel Ami

as Georges Duroy

TV
1971
Elizabeth R

as Robert Devereaux

TV
1971
Sense and Sensibility

as Edward Ferrars

TV
1970TV
1970TV
1969Movie
1969
The Main Chance

as Donald Gordon Hopwood

TV
1969
The Inside Man

as Michael Barnett

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Dr. Jim Beverly

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 8, 1942
Place of BirthIpswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Popularity0.5