
Actor
Born January 8, 1942 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.

Poldark
Reverend Halse

Wallander: The Photographer
Tom Lyell

Wallander
Tom Lyell

The Fall of Milosevic
Narrator

Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator

The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator

The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator

The Trial of Lord Lucan
Sir Charles Moore

The Negotiator
Stuart Shaw

A Dark Adapted Eye
John

Between the Lines

Heartbeat
Joe Henderson

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)

Cluedo
Colonel Mike Mustard

Children of the Open Road
(voice)

End of Empire
Narrator

Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton

Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice)

Bright Eyes
Sam Howard

American Playhouse
Robert Acton

The Good Soldier
John Dowell

Tres mujeres de hoy
Alejandro

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter

The Europeans
Robert Acton

She Loves Me
Georg Nowack

Blue Remembered Hills
John

The Comedy of Errors
Dr. Pinch

Poldark
Ross Poldark

Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown

Churchill's People
Major White

The Frighteners
Mike

New Scotland Yard
Steve Thomas

The Moonstone
Franklin Blake

The Moonstone
Franklin Blake

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas

The Guardians
Peter Lee

Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux

Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars

Wednesday's Child

Play for Today
John

Shadows of Fear
Roger

Arthur? Arthur!
Ames

The Main Chance
Donald Gordon Hopwood

The Inside Man
Michael Barnett

Armchair Theatre
Dr. Jim Beverly