Robin Ellis

Acting

Robin Ellis

Born January 8, 1942 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK (age 84)

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 …

Known For

The NegotiatorThe Negotiator · 1994
The Negotiator
9.01994
Movie
A serious heart condition puts an end to Charlie King's job as a "street copper", but he refuses the offer of a desk job and a promotion. When a secret team of negotiators approaches him with the offer of a job, he's intrigued, but who is he dealing with?
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryThe Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story · 1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
7.01990
MovieDramaThriller
Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Wallander: The PhotographerWallander: The Photographer · 2006
Wallander: The Photographer
5.32006
MovieCrimeThriller
When an American tourist is found murdered after visiting an internationally renowned photographer, her husband believes she was having an affair. Kurt Wallander decides to investigate.
The EuropeansThe Europeans · 1979
The Europeans
5.61979
MovieDramaRomance
An adaptation of Henry James' novel about the Countess Eugenia Münster and her brother Robert, expatriate Americans who have grown up in Europe. Returning to prosperous relatives in New England, Eugenia hopes to make an advantageous marriage with a wealthy cousin. While Eugenia encounters obstacles, Robert finds his suit bearing fruit.
She Loves MeShe Loves Me · 1979
She Loves Me
8.81979
MovieComedyMusic
BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
The Comedy of ErrorsThe Comedy of Errors · 1978
The Comedy of Errors
8.61978
Movie
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.
Blue Remembered HillsBlue Remembered Hills · 1979
Blue Remembered Hills
7.31979
MovieTV MovieDrama
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
The Curse of King Tut's TombThe Curse of King Tut's Tomb · 1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
4.81980
MovieHorrorMystery
Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure that the valuable artifacts in its chambers never leave the country.

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Mystery of the Cocaine MummiesMystery of the Cocaine Mummies · 1996
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1996
MovieDocumentary
The UK series Equinox brings us this investigation of a mystery that is baffling Egyptologists. The case calls into question whole areas of accepted scientific fact from botany, through chemistry to archaeology. In 1992, routine tests on a mummy in a Munich museum revealed high body levels of cocaine and nicotine. But such substances were not available in ancient Egypt, coming as they do from the Americas – not, apparently, to be “discovered” for thousands of years after the passing of the Egyptian dynasties. Are the mummies fakes; were the substances from plants that have since disappeared or were there, in fact, trade routes between Egypt and South America that predate accepted chronology?

Narrator

WallanderWallander · 2005
Wallander
6.92005
SeriesDramaMystery
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

Tom Lyell