Robin Ellis
Acting
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
2006Wallander: The Photographer
Tom Lyell
1996Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator
1995The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator
1994The Trial of Lord Lucan
Sir Charles Moore
1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)
1988Children of the Open Road
(voice)
1982Bright Eyes
Sam Howard
1981The Good Soldier
John Dowell
1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter
1980Tres mujeres de hoy
Alejandro
1979The Europeans
Robert Acton
1979She Loves Me
Georg Nowack
1979Blue Remembered Hills
John
1978The Comedy of Errors
Dr. Pinch
1972The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
1970Wednesday's Child
1969Arthur? Arthur!
Ames