Robin Ellis
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Acting Credits
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 Sherl...
Known For
Filmography
Poldark
2015
as Reverend Halse
Wallander: The Photographer
2006
as Tom Lyell
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallander
2005
as Tom Lyell
The Fall of Milosevic
2001
as Narrator
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
as Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995
as Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995
as Narrator
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
as Sir Charles Moore
The Negotiator
1994
as Stuart Shaw
A Dark Adapted Eye
1994
as John
Heartbeat
1992
as Joe Henderson
Between the Lines
1992
Heartbeat
1992
as Sir Richard Lonsdale
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Cluedo
1990
as Colonel Mike Mustard
Capstick's Law
1989
as Henry Capstick
Children of the Open Road
1988
as (voice)
End of Empire
1985
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Sir Robert Norberton
Love and Marriage
1984
as Adrian Carter
Bright Eyes
1982
as Sam Howard
Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982
as Robert Acton
The Good Soldier
1981
as John Dowell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
as Howard Carter
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980
as Alejandro
The Waterfall
1980
as James Otford
The Europeans
1979
as Robert Acton
She Loves Me
1979
as Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as John
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Dr. Pinch
Knots
1975
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Danny Brown
Poldark
1975
as Ross Poldark
Churchill's People
1974
as Major White
Seven Faces of Woman
1974
as Lawrence
The Moonstone
1972
as Franklin Blake
The Frighteners
1972
as Mike
New Scotland Yard
1972
as Steve Thomas
Bel Ami
1971
as Georges Duroy
Elizabeth R
1971
as Robert Devereaux
The Guardians
1971
as Peter Lee
Sense and Sensibility
1971
as Edward Ferrars
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Charles Dallas
Bel Ami
1971
as Georges Duroy
Wednesday's Child
1970
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Roger
Play for Today
1970
as John
Biography
1970
as Hammond
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Ames
The Main Chance
1969
as Donald Gordon Hopwood
The Inside Man
1969
as Michael Barnett
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Dr. Jim Beverly