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Robin Ellis

Jan 08, 1942 (83 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Play for Today
John
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Heartbeat
Joe Henderson
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Wallander
Tom Lyell
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Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton
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Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Poldark
Reverend Halse
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The Main Chance
Donald Gordon Hopwood
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas
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Between the Lines
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Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown

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