Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Robin Ellis
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 16Series: 22Crew 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: 1969 - 2015
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 7.29
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.
5.3
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
2006 Movie
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
1996 Movie
9.5
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
1995 Movie
6.0
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Sir Charles Moore
1994 Movie
6.5
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Narrator (voice)
1990 Movie
Children of the Open Road
as (voice)
1988 Movie
Bright Eyes
as Sam Howard
1982 Movie
5.0
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
1981 Movie
Tres mujeres de hoy
as Alejandro
1980 Movie
4.3
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
1980 Movie
5.5
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
1979 Movie
8.7
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
1979 Movie
6.5
Blue Remembered Hills
as John
1979 Movie
8.8
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
1978 Movie
8.0
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
1972 Movie
2.3
Arthur? Arthur!
as Ames
1969 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robin Ellis.
7.8
Poldark
as Reverend Halse • 8 eps
2015 Series
6.9
Wallander
as Tom Lyell • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
The Fall of Milosevic
as Narrator • 3 eps
2001 Series
7.2
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator • 6 eps
1995 Series
6.0
A Dark Adapted Eye
as John • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
2 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.4
Cluedo
as Colonel Mike Mustard • 6 eps
1990 Series
End of Empire
as Narrator • 14 eps
1985 Series
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.9
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.8
Poldark
as Ross Poldark • 29 eps
1975 Series
8.3
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown • 1 eps
1975 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Major White • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.0
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake • 5 eps
1972 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Charles Dallas • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.5
The Guardians
1 eps
1971 Series
7.4
Elizabeth R
as Robert Devereaux • 2 eps
1971 Series
5.5
Sense and Sensibility
as Edward Ferrars • 4 eps
1971 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as John • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.0
Shadows of Fear
as Roger • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.7
The Main Chance
as Donald Gordon Hopwood • 1 eps
1969 Series