In recent years he has been involved in training and directing student actors, for sixteen years as a resident director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) London, and subsequently as a guest director for other leading drama schools in the UK and abroad, including the Royal Central School and the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and as a consultant to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
He became known for his role as the young apprentice Hal Adden, in the 1970s children's comedy series Pardon My Genie.
He went on to appear in many other television productions, such as The Squirrels, 1914 All Out, King Lear and Measure for Measure Having worked extensively in recent years in theatre training, directing and producing, Ellis Jones recently made a cautious return to performing, as understudy to Kenneth Cranham in London's West End and on tour in Florian Zeller's award-winning play "The Father".