1. Anthony Robin Ellis was born on 8 January 1942 and 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.
Robin Ellis appeared in Fawlty Towers, Cluedo, The Good Soldier, Elizabeth R, The Moonstone, Bel Ami, Sense and Sensibility, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, She Loves Me and Blue Remembered Hills.
Robin Ellis was 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.
Robin Ellis went on to play in The Real Inspector Hound at the Criterion Theatre and Widowers' Houses at the Royal Court.
Robin Ellis was part of the innovative Actors' Company, founded in 1972 by Ian McKellen and Edward Petherbridge, organised and run democratically by the actors themselves.
Robin Ellis played the heart throb Ross Poldark in the BBC 1 series, Poldark.
Robin Ellis co-starred with Lee Remick in the Merchant Ivory film The Europeans, based on the novel by Henry James, playing the role of John Acton.
Robin Ellis appeared in the CBS mini-series The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, in the ITV drama Heartbeat and in a BBC adaptation of A Dark-Adapted Eye a psychological thriller written by Ruth Rendell.
Robin Ellis had a long career in the theatre, including a stint with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Robin Ellis appeared there in a musical version of The Comedy of Errors playing Pinch; in King Lear playing Edmund; Troilus and Cressida playing Achilles; and in Much Ado About Nothing playing Don Pedro.
Robin Ellis is a well-known voiceover artist, and co-owned a voiceover agency called Voices in London for many years.
Robin Ellis has narrated documentaries, including Fall of the Wall, The Second Russian Revolution, The Death of Yugoslavia and End of Empire.