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 · (8 episodes)
2015
Wallander: The Photographer
Tom Lyell
2006
Wallander
Tom Lyell · (1 episode)
2005
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator
1996
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Narrator
1996
The Death of Yugoslavia
Narrator · (6 episodes)
1995
The Trial of Lord Lucan
Sir Charles Moore
1994
A Dark Adapted Eye
John · (2 episodes)
1994
Between the Lines
(2 episodes)
1992
Heartbeat
Joe Henderson · (1 episode)
1992
Heartbeat
Sir Richard Lonsdale · (1 episode)
1992
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)
1990
Cluedo
Colonel Mike Mustard · (6 episodes)
1990
Children of the Open Road
(voice)
1988
End of Empire
Narrator · (14 episodes)
1985
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Robert Norberton · (1 episode)
1984
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1982
Bright Eyes
Sam Howard
1982
The Good Soldier
John Dowell
1981
Tres mujeres de hoy
Alejandro
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Howard Carter
1980
The Europeans
Robert Acton
1979
She Loves Me
Georg Nowack
1979
Blue Remembered Hills
John
1979
The Comedy of Errors
Dr. Pinch
1978
Poldark
Ross Poldark · (29 episodes)
1975
Fawlty Towers
Danny Brown · (1 episode)
1975
Knots
1975
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Charles Dallas · (1 episode)
1971
The Guardians
(1 episode)
1971
Bel Ami
Georges Duroy · (5 episodes)
1971
Elizabeth R
Robert Devereaux · (2 episodes)
1971
Sense and Sensibility
Edward Ferrars · (4 episodes)
1971
Play for Today
John · (1 episode)
1970
Shadows of Fear
Roger · (1 episode)
1970
Arthur? Arthur!
Ames
1969
The Main Chance
Donald Gordon Hopwood · (1 episode)
1969
The Fall of Milosevic
Narrator · (3 episodes)