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Aliases: Anthony Robin Ellis

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Homepage: https://robin-ellis.net/

Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Sherlock Holmes
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8

Sherlock Holmes

(1984) Sir Robert Norberton
Heartbeat
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7

Heartbeat

(1992) Joe Henderson
Wallander
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7

Wallander

(2005) Tom Lyell
The Main Chance
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8

The Main Chance

(1969) Donald Gordon Hopwood
Elizabeth R
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7

Elizabeth R

(1971) Robert Devereaux
Shadows of Fear
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6

Shadows of Fear

(1970) Roger
The Europeans
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6

The Europeans

(1979) Robert Acton
Cluedo
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6

Cluedo

(1990) Colonel Mike Mustard

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