He spent four seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as spending five years at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and three years with the Old Vic Company which included playing Benvolio in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 and later Rosencrantz in a world tour of Hamlet starring Derek Jacobi.
Other series include Sam Lyttons Diary, Edward and Mrs Simpson, The XYY Man, Nolan, The Les Dawson Show, Victoria Wood's play Talent for Granada and Acorn Antiques for BBC TV.
His last episode was written by his son Hugh Ellis[3] who went on to write the award-winning feature Summer starring Robert Carlyle.
Ellis played Mr Bennet opposite Susan Hampshire in Bath Theatre tour of Pride and Prejudice, Sorin in the Bristol Old Vic production of The Seagull.
Recent theatre: Television includes: Other theatre: West End Old Vic (4 seasons) RSC (4 seasons) Crucible, Sheffield (5 seasons) West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Birmingham Rep Nottingham Playhouse Tours with: Prospect Belt and Braces Temba Worked extensively in radio mainly for BBC Radio 4 In 2012, he toured the UK in a production of The Cemetery Club alongside Anne Charleston, Anita Harris and Shirley-Anne Field