
Robin Ellis
Department: Acting
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

Wallander: The Photographer
2006

The Good Soldier
1981

Arthur? Arthur!
1969

The Moonstone
1972

The Europeans
1979

The Comedy of Errors
1978

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990

She Loves Me
1979

Bright Eyes
1982

Blue Remembered Hills
1979

Knots
1975

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980

Tres mujeres de hoy
1980

The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996

Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996

The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994

Children of the Open Road
1988

Bel Ami
1971

The Death of Yugoslavia
1995

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

Wednesday's Child
1970

Elizabeth R
1971

Fawlty Towers
1975

Heartbeat
1992

Between the Lines
1992

Shadows of Fear
1970

The Guardians
1971

Poldark
1975

The Main Chance
1969

Timewatch
1982

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Sense and Sensibility
1971

Wallander
2005

Heartbeat
1992

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

Cluedo
1990

Play for Today
1970

A Dark Adapted Eye
1994

Poldark
2015

End of Empire
1985

The Death of Yugoslavia
1995

The Fall of Milosevic
2001

Bel Ami
1971

The Moonstone
1972

Capstick's Law
1989

Churchill's People
1974

Love and Marriage
1984

Armchair Theatre
1956