Robin Ellis
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as Danny Brown Fawlty Towers 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.
Filmography
The Europeans
as Robert Acton
Wallander: The Photographer
as Tom Lyell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Howard Carter
The Good Soldier
as John Dowell
The Comedy of Errors
as Dr. Pinch
Arthur? Arthur!
as Ames
She Loves Me
as Georg Nowack
The Death of Yugoslavia
as Narrator
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
as Narrator (voice)
Blue Remembered Hills
as John
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tres mujeres de hoy
as Alejandro
The Trial of Lord Lucan
as Sir Charles Moore
Bright Eyes
as Sam Howard
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
as Narrator
Children of the Open Road
as (voice)