
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.
Born: January 8, 1942 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Filmography (18)

Poldark
2015

Wallander: The Photographer
2006

Wallander
2005

The Death of Yugoslavia
1995

Between the Lines
1992

Heartbeat
1992

Cluedo
1990

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Timewatch
1982

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980

The Europeans
1979

Poldark
1975

Fawlty Towers
1975

Churchill's People
1974

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

Elizabeth R
1971

Play for Today
1970

The Main Chance
1969
