Acting credits
45
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Robin Ellis
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 18Series: 27Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 140913
IMDb ID: nm0255065
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1942
Age: 84
Place of birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2015
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 7.34
Wikidata: Q7352379
Also known as
Anthony Robin Ellis
Other jobs
Vocals (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robin Ellis.
as Tom Lyell
Wallander: The Photographer
2006 • Movie
as Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996 • Movie
as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995 • Movie
as Sir Charles Moore
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994 • Movie
as Stuart Shaw
The Negotiator
1994 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990 • Movie
as (voice)
Children of the Open Road
1988 • Movie
as Sam Howard
Bright Eyes
1982 • Movie
as John Dowell
The Good Soldier
1981 • Movie
as Alejandro
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980 • Movie
as Howard Carter
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 • Movie
as Robert Acton
The Europeans
1979 • Movie
as Georg Nowack
She Loves Me
1979 • Movie
as John
Blue Remembered Hills
1979 • Movie
as Dr. Pinch
The Comedy of Errors
1978 • Movie
as Franklin Blake
The Moonstone
1972 • Movie
Wednesday's Child
1970 • Movie
as Ames
Arthur? Arthur!
1969 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robin Ellis.
as Reverend Halse • 8 eps
Poldark
2015 • Series
as Tom Lyell • 1 eps
Wallander
2005 • Series
as Narrator • 3 eps
The Fall of Milosevic
2001 • Series
as Narrator • 6 eps
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995 • Series
as John • 2 eps
A Dark Adapted Eye
1994 • Series
2 eps
Between the Lines
1992 • Series
as Joe Henderson • 1 eps
Heartbeat
1992 • Series
as Colonel Mike Mustard • 6 eps
Cluedo
1990 • Series
as Narrator • 14 eps
End of Empire
1985 • Series
as Sir Robert Norberton • 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
1984 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Timewatch
1982 • Series
as Robert Acton • 1 eps
American Playhouse
1982 • Series
as Ross Poldark • 29 eps
Poldark
1975 • Series
as Danny Brown • 1 eps
Fawlty Towers
1975 • Series
as Major White • 1 eps
Churchill's People
1974 • Series
as Mike • 1 eps
The Frighteners
1972 • Series
as Steve Thomas • 1 eps
New Scotland Yard
1972 • Series
as Franklin Blake • 5 eps
The Moonstone
1972 • Series
as Charles Dallas • 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 • Series
as Peter Lee • 1 eps
The Guardians
1971 • Series
as Robert Devereaux • 2 eps
Elizabeth R
1971 • Series
as Edward Ferrars • 4 eps
Sense and Sensibility
1971 • Series
as John • 1 eps
Play for Today
1970 • Series
as Roger • 1 eps
Shadows of Fear
1970 • Series