Biography

Robin Ellis's father was in the Royal Air Force, so his early life was spent in various RAF bases. After obtaining a history degree at Cambridge University, he spent two years in repertory theatre and made his West End debut in "The Rivals" at London's Haymarket Theatre. Having performed with Sir Ian McKellen's The Actor's Company, he made several television appearances, including in the first episode of Fawlty Towers (1975), and then shot to fame in the title role of the BBC television drama series Poldark (1975). After that, he spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford, then had a part in The Europeans (1979). He wrote a book, "The Making of Poldark", and paid £3,000 to have 5,000 copies published. In the mid-1980s, he took a break from acting, made commercials and narrated documentaries.
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Older brother of America-based TV director, the late Peter Ellis and fellow actor Jack Ellis.

Lives in Southwestern France with his American wife and a menagerie of animals. (2012).

Nephew Theo is a bass player for band Wolf Alice.

[Referring to the title character from the Poldark television series] Ross Poldark was a man outside his time. He was exceptional because he dealt in human beings rather than establishment creeds. He was willing to break barriers down. He cared about his miners and knew conditions were bad because he went down into the mines. That in itself was unusual. He was often ashamed of his fellow gentry, of their atrocious behavior. His marriage to Demelza proves that he was prepared to go against convention and marry out of his class.