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Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

Birthday: 1942-01-08 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
The Europeans

as    Robert Acton

2001
The Fall of Milosevic

as    Narrator

1995
The Death of Yugoslavia

as    Narrator

1994
A Dark Adapted Eye

as    John

1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan

as    Sir Charles Moore

1988
Children of the Open Road

as    (voice)

1985
End of Empire

as    Narrator

1982
Bright Eyes

as    Sam Howard

1981
The Good Soldier

as    John Dowell

1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

as    Howard Carter

1979
She Loves Me

as    Georg Nowack

1979
Blue Remembered Hills

as    John

1975
Poldark

as    Ross Poldark

1972
The Moonstone

as    Franklin Blake

1972
The Moonstone

as    Franklin Blake

1971
Sense and Sensibility

as    Edward Ferrars

1971
Bel Ami

as    Georges Duroy

1971
Bel Ami

as    Georges Duroy