Portrait of Robin Ellis

Acting

Robin Ellis

Career

Active from 1969 to 2001, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Death of Yugoslavia
The Death of Yugoslavia
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robin Ellis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Drama 3
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 79
Poldark
Poldark (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Reverend Halse

2000s

4 titles · average score 64
Wallander: The Photographer
Wallander: The Photographer (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tom Lyell

Wallander
Wallander (2005)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Tom Lyell

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)

as Danny Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Fall of Milosevic
The Fall of Milosevic (2001)

TV show · as Narrator

1990s

11 titles · average score 79
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies (1996)

as Narrator

Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies (1996)

as Narrator

The Death of Yugoslavia
The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Narrator

The Death of Yugoslavia
The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)
GoodWatch score 90

as Narrator

A Dark Adapted Eye
A Dark Adapted Eye (1994)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as John

The Trial of Lord Lucan
The Trial of Lord Lucan (1994)

as Sir Charles Moore

The Negotiator
The Negotiator (1994)

as Stuart Shaw

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Sir Richard Lonsdale / Joe Henderson

Between the Lines
Between the Lines (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Cluedo
Cluedo (1990)

TV show · as Colonel Mike Mustard

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)

as Narrator (voice)

1980s

10 titles · average score 67
Capstick's Law
Capstick's Law (1989)

TV show · as Henry Capstick

Children of the Open Road
Children of the Open Road (1988)

as (voice)

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Sir Robert Norberton

Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage (1984)

TV show · as Adrian Carter

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Robert Acton

Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes (1982)

as Sam Howard

The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as John Dowell

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
GoodWatch score 47

as Howard Carter

Tres mujeres de hoy
Tres mujeres de hoy (1980)

as Alejandro

The Waterfall
The Waterfall (1980)

TV show · as James Otford

1970s

20 titles · average score 74
The Europeans
The Europeans (1979)
GoodWatch score 56

as Robert Acton

She Loves Me
She Loves Me (1979)

as Georg Nowack

Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

as John

Poldark
Poldark (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Ross Poldark

Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers (1975)
GoodWatch score 93

TV show · as Danny Brown

The Moonstone
The Moonstone (1972)

TV show · as Franklin Blake

New Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard (1972)

TV show · as Steve Thomas

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1971)

as Georges Duroy

Bel Ami
Bel Ami (1971)

TV show · as Georges Duroy

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility (1971)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Edward Ferrars

Elizabeth R
Elizabeth R (1971)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Robert Devereaux

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as John

1960s

3 titles
The Main Chance
The Main Chance (1969)

TV show · as Donald Gordon Hopwood

Arthur? Arthur!
Arthur? Arthur! (1969)

as Ames

The Inside Man
The Inside Man (1969)

TV show · as Michael Barnett

1950s

1 title · average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Dr. Jim Beverly