
Robin Ellis
Acting
Born 1942-01-08 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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

Poldark
1975 · TV

End of Empire
1985 · TV

Poldark
2015 · TV

Cluedo
1990 · TV

The Death of Yugoslavia
1995 · TV

The Moonstone
1972 · TV

Sense and Sensibility
1971 · TV

The Fall of Milosevic
2001 · TV

A Dark Adapted Eye
1994 · TV

Elizabeth R
1971 · TV

Between the Lines
1992 · TV

Play for Today
1970 · TV

Heartbeat
1992 · TV

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV

The Main Chance
1969 · TV

Fawlty Towers
1975 · TV

The Frighteners
1972 · TV

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV

Wallander
2005 · TV

Churchill's People
1974 · TV

Timewatch
1982 · TV

Shadows of Fear
1970 · TV

The Guardians
1971 · TV

Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV