Robin Ellis
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1942-01-08 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Known for
- Fawlty Towers (1975) — Danny Brown
- Poldark (2015) — Reverend Halse
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Sir Robert Norberton
- Wallander (2005) — Tom Lyell
- Heartbeat (1992) — Joe Henderson
- The Europeans (1979) — Robert Acton
- The Death of Yugoslavia (1995) — Narrator
- Elizabeth R (1971) — Robert Devereaux
- Wallander: The Photographer (2006) — Tom Lyell
- Poldark (1975) — Ross Poldark
- Between the Lines (1992)
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Charles Dallas
- Play for Today (1970) — John
- Timewatch (1982) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) — Howard Carter
- American Playhouse (1982) — Robert Acton