Robin Ellis
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9451 |
| Birthday | 1942-01-08 |
| Place of Birth | Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Anthony Robin Ellis, |
2006
Wallander: The Photographer
5.313/17
When an American tourist is found murdered after visiting an internationally renowned photographer, her husband believes she was having an affair. Kur...
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Wallander: The Photographer
1981
The Good Soldier
5.8/5
A romantic tragedy about two turn-of-the-century couples - one American, one British - who regularly vacation together at a spa in Germany.
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The Good Soldier
1969
Arthur? Arthur!
3.75/4
The inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life that he creates a second identity, that of a dashing, debonair womaniser.
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Arthur? Arthur!
1972
The Moonstone
8.5/2
Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. T...
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The Moonstone
1979
The Europeans
5.6/30
An adaptation of Henry James' novel about the Countess Eugenia Münster and her brother Robert, expatriate Americans who have grown up in Europe. Retur...
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The Europeans
1978
The Comedy of Errors
8.6/5
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together...
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The Comedy of Errors
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
7/3
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1979
She Loves Me
8.75/4
BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
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She Loves Me
1982
Bright Eyes
0/0
1999: Examination of family life and political ideals in a war-ravaged future Europe, compared and contrasted with ’60s equivalents.
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Bright Eyes
1979
Blue Remembered Hills
7.333/3
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, t...
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Blue Remembered Hills
1975
Knots
4/3
A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised...
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Knots
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
4.75/8
Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure th...
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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
Tres mujeres de hoy
10/1
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Tres mujeres de hoy
1996
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
0/0
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The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
0/0
The UK series Equinox brings us this investigation of a mystery that is baffling Egyptologists. The case calls into question whole areas of accepted s...
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Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan
6/1
An imagined trial of a man who, in 1974 London, is thought to have killed a woman he mistook for his wife in order to regain custody of his children....
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The Trial of Lord Lucan
1988
Children of the Open Road
0/0
Catrine Clay presents the disturbing story of gypsy children abducted from their parents in clean and ordered Switzerland.
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Children of the Open Road
1971
Bel Ami
0/0
Set in the 19th-century in France Georges Duroy cynically exploits women and his position working as a journalist to try and gain power.
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Bel Ami
1995
The Death of Yugoslavia
9.5/4
History of the political events and the wars which broke the former state of Yugoslavia into several nations and caused an international political and...
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The Death of Yugoslavia
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5/2
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
1970
Wednesday's Child
0/0
A doctor takes an attractive nurse into his home to help his wife through her convalescence.
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Wednesday's Child
1994
The Negotiator
9/1
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secre...
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