Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor best
known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in 29 episodes of the BBC
classic series Poldark, adapted from a series of books by the late
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 2015â€"17 and 2019 he appeared in
Poldark as Reverend Halse.Ellis was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. He and
his brothers were educated at the independent Highgate School in
Highgate in north London, and at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where
he read history and appeared in over 20 plays. His first West End
performance was in Sheridan's The Rivals at the Haymarket Theatre, as
Captain Jack Absolute. He went on to play in The Real Inspector Hound
at the Criterion Theatre and Widowers' Houses at the Royal Court. He
was part of the innovative Actors' Company, founded in 1972 by Ian
McKellen and Edward Petherbridge, organised and run democratically by
the actors themselves. In that repertory company he appeared in 'Tis
Pity She's a Whore, Ruling the Roost, The Way of the World, The Wood
Demon, The Bacchae, Tartuffe, King Lear and Knots (based on the R. D.
Laing book).Ellis's big break came in 1975 with his first major role
in a popular television series. He played the heart throb Ross Poldark
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