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.
Acting
TV
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown
1975
TV
Poldark
as Reverend Halse
2015
TV
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton
1984
TV
Wallander
as Tom Lyell
2005
TV
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson
1992
TV
Heartbeat
as Sir Richard Lonsdale
1992
Movie
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
1979
TV
Elizabeth R
as Robert Devereaux
1971
TV
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
1995
Movie
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
2006
TV
Poldark
as Ross Poldark
1975
TV
Between the Lines
1992
TV
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Charles Dallas
1971
TV
Play for Today
as John
1970
Movie
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
1980
TV
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
TV
Cluedo
as Colonel Mike Mustard
1990
TV
Armchair Theatre
as Dr. Jim Beverly
1956
Movie
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
1981
Movie
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
1978
Movie
Arthur? Arthur!
as Ames
1969
Movie
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
1979
Movie
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
1995
TV
The Main Chance
as Donald Gordon Hopwood
1969