• BIRTH 08/01/1942
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 14
  • MOVIES 3

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.

Robin Ellis

Shows (14)

Poldark (2015)
Poldark (2015)
Reverend Halse
2015
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown
1975
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
Sir Robert Norberton
1984
Wallander
Wallander
Tom Lyell
2005
Poldark
Poldark
Ross Poldark
1975
Heartbeat (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Joe Henderson / Sir Richard Lonsdale
1992
Les Rivaux de Sherlock Holmes
Les Rivaux de Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas
1971
Play for Today
Play for Today
John
1970
The Death of Yugoslavia
The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator
1995
Cluedo
Cluedo
Colonel Mike Mustard
1990
A Dark-Adapted Eye
A Dark-Adapted Eye
John
1994
Sense and Sensibility (1971)
Sense and Sensibility (1971)
Edward Ferrars
1971
Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux
1971
Timewatch
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)
1982

Movies (3)

The Europeans
The Europeans
Robert Acton
1979
A Dark Adapted Eye
A Dark Adapted Eye
John
1994
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter
1980