NEW: Longtime Boston News Anchor Tom Ellis Passes Away
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NEW: Longtime Boston News Anchor Tom Ellis Passes Away
“For four decades, Tom Ellis was the face of Boston TV news. He is the only person in Massachusetts broadcast history to have anchored newscasts that were number one on each of the city’s primary network television affiliates,” reads his biography on the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame website.
Ellis was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Ellis started his career in Texas before moving to Boston in 1968.
He saved as the solo anchor of the 6 and 11 p.m. newscast at WBZ-TV from 1968 to 1974, before being paired with Tony Pepper.
Following his work at WBZ- TV, Ellis moved to WCVB where he co-anchored with Natalie Jacobsen and Chet Curtis from 1978 to 1982.
Following his run at WCVB, he moved to WNEV, where he teamed with Robin Young and Diane Willis from 1982 through 1987.
He later worked at New England Cable News (NECN) as a weekend anchor from 1994 to 2009.
He is the only person to anchor top-rated television newscasts at each network affiliate in Boston in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Along with being a news anchor, Ellis also made appearances in three movies.
He appeared in 1976’s “Marathon Man” as a television anchor, 1991’s “29th Street” as a newscaster and as an FBI agent in “True Colors,” which also came out in 1991.