Robin Ellis
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
Wallander: The Photographer
2006
as Tom Lyell
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
as Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995
as Narrator
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
as Sir Charles Moore
The Negotiator
1994
as Stuart Shaw
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Children of the Open Road
1988
as (voice)
Bright Eyes
1982
as Sam Howard
The Good Soldier
1981
as John Dowell
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980
as Alejandro
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
as Howard Carter
The Europeans
1979
as Robert Acton
She Loves Me
1979
as Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as John
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Dr. Pinch
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Knots
1975
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Bel Ami
1971
as Georges Duroy
Wednesday's Child
1970
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Ames