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.
Wallander: The Photographer
(Tom Lyell)
The Good Soldier
(John Dowell)
Arthur? Arthur!
(Ames)
The Moonstone
(Franklin Blake)
The Europeans
(Robert Acton)
The Comedy of Errors
(Dr. Pinch)
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
(Narrator (voice))
She Loves Me
(Georg Nowack)
Bright Eyes
(Sam Howard)
Blue Remembered Hills
(John)
Knots
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
(Howard Carter)
Tres mujeres de hoy
(Alejandro)
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
(Narrator)
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
(Narrator)
The Trial of Lord Lucan
(Sir Charles Moore)
Elizabeth R
(Robert Devereaux)
Fawlty Towers
(Danny Brown)
Heartbeat
(Joe Henderson)
Between the Lines
Shadows of Fear
(Roger)
The Guardians
Poldark
(Ross Poldark)
The Main Chance
(Donald Gordon Hopwood)
Timewatch
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Sherlock Holmes
(Sir Robert Norberton)
Sense and Sensibility
(Edward Ferrars)
Wallander
(Tom Lyell)
Heartbeat
(Sir Richard Lonsdale)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Charles Dallas)
Cluedo
(Colonel Mike Mustard)
Play for Today
(John)
A Dark Adapted Eye
(John)
Poldark
(Reverend Halse)
End of Empire
(Narrator)
The Death of Yugoslavia
(Narrator)
The Fall of Milosevic
(Narrator)