Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1942 (age 84)
Place of Birth
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Also Known As
- Anthony Robin Ellis
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 - Movies
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
as Sam Howard
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills
as John
Known For - TV Shows
Heartbeat
as Joe Henderson
Heartbeat
as Sir Richard Lonsdale
Play for Today
as John
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Robert Norberton
Poldark
as Reverend Halse
Timewatch
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fawlty Towers
as Danny Brown
Wallander
as Tom Lyell
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Charles Dallas
Churchill's People
as Major White