Acting
Robin Ellis
Also Known As: Anthony Robin Ellis
Birth Date
January 8, 1942
(84 years old)
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
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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.
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1970 • 1 episode
American Playhouse
Robert Acton
1982 • 1 episode
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton
1984 • 1 episode
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Joe Henderson
1992 • 1 episode
Poldark
Reverend Halse
2015 • 8 episodes
Wallander
Tom Lyell
2005 • 1 episode
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)
1982 • 1 episode
Churchill's People
Major White
1974 • 1 episode
Between the Lines
1992 • 2 episodes
Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown
1975 • 1 episode
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
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1971 • 1 episode
New Scotland Yard
Steve Thomas
1972 • 1 episode
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Ross Poldark
1975 • 29 episodes
The Main Chance
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1969 • 1 episode
Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux
1971 • 2 episodes
Cluedo
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1990 • 6 episodes
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
1972 • 5 episodes
Love and Marriage
Adrian Carter
1984 • 1 episode
The Frighteners
Mike
1972 • 1 episode
The Guardians
Peter Lee
1971 • 1 episode