Robin Ellis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-01-08 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Robin Ellis

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.

Known For

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Knots

    Knots

  • Fawlty Towers

    Fawlty Towers

  • Wallander

    Wallander

  • Wallander: The Photographer

    Wallander: The Photographer

  • Bel Ami

    Bel Ami

  • The Good Soldier

    The Good Soldier

  • The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

  • She Loves Me

    She Loves Me

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • Arthur? Arthur!

    Arthur? Arthur!

  • Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

  • Cluedo

    Cluedo

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Elizabeth R

    Elizabeth R

  • Blue Remembered Hills

    Blue Remembered Hills

  • The Guardians

    The Guardians

  • The Death of Yugoslavia

    The Death of Yugoslavia

  • A Dark Adapted Eye

    A Dark Adapted Eye

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • The Fall of Milosevic

    The Fall of Milosevic

  • The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

  • Capstick's Law

    Capstick's Law

  • The Europeans

    The Europeans

  • The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

    The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

  • Bel Ami

    Bel Ami

  • The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

    The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

  • Bright Eyes

    Bright Eyes

  • The Trial of Lord Lucan

    The Trial of Lord Lucan

  • End of Empire

    End of Empire

  • The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors

  • The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

  • The Death of Yugoslavia

    The Death of Yugoslavia

  • Tres mujeres de hoy

    Tres mujeres de hoy

  • The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

    The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

  • Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

    Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies

  • Children of the Open Road

    Children of the Open Road