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Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

Born: 1942-01-08 • Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Wallander: The Photographer poster
Wallander: The Photographer
2006 • Tom Lyell
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 • Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996 • Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies poster
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996 • Narrator
The Death of Yugoslavia poster
The Death of Yugoslavia
1995 • Narrator
The Trial of Lord Lucan poster
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994 • Sir Charles Moore
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990 • Narrator (voice)
Children of the Open Road poster
Children of the Open Road
1988 • (voice)
Bright Eyes poster
Bright Eyes
1982 • Sam Howard
The Good Soldier poster
The Good Soldier
1981 • John Dowell
Tres mujeres de hoy poster
Tres mujeres de hoy
1980 • Alejandro
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb poster
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 • Howard Carter
The Europeans poster
The Europeans
1979 • Robert Acton
She Loves Me poster
She Loves Me
1979 • Georg Nowack
Blue Remembered Hills poster
Blue Remembered Hills
1979 • John
The Comedy of Errors poster
The Comedy of Errors
1978 • Dr. Pinch
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Knots
1975
The Moonstone poster
The Moonstone
1972 • Franklin Blake
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Bel Ami
1971 • Georges Duroy
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Arthur? Arthur!
1969 • Ames