Ed Devereaux

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 27, 1925 (99 years old)
Death date
Dec 17, 2003

Ed Devereaux

Known For

The Preventers
0h 30m
Movie 1996

The Preventers

Parody of 1960's spy capers.

Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay
0h 50m
Movie 1992

Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay

Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon on 29th December 1969 and her body was never found. The media was enlisted to try and help the police to find her. But the police blamed the media involvement for their failures.

Buddy's Song
1h 42m
Movie 1991

Buddy's Song

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...

Snakes and Ladders
TV Show 1989

Snakes and Ladders

In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols. Northern Britain is cold, bleak and impoverished, while sunny South Britain is a place of relative luxury. When Lord Tewkesbury, the owner of rich conglomerate, decides his son Giles needs more real-life experience, he arranged for Giles to work under an assumed name. Unfortunately, this results in Giles being sent to North Britain to do menial labor, while previously impoverished Gavin is transferred to sunny South Britain.

The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
1h 40m
Movie 1989

The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.

Goldeneye
1h 45m
Movie 1989

Goldeneye

British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

The True Believers
1h 0m
TV Show 1988

The True Believers

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

The Clean Machine
1h 48m
Movie 1988

The Clean Machine

A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffic cop thinking he won’t get far. But Inspector Riordan opens up a can of worms and won’t let it go – all the way to the top.

Daylight Robbery
0h 55m
Movie 1986

Daylight Robbery

Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimately for the highest stake of all: revenge for the past.

Claudia
1h 28m
Movie 1985

Claudia

Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however has other plans for her.

Biography

Ed Devereaux (27 August 1925 – 17 December 2003) was an Australian actor, who lived in the UK for many years. He was best known for playing the part of "Matt Hammond" in the Australian children's television series Skippy. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes; Devereaux both wrote the script and directed The Veteran (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of Double Trouble on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of Summer Storm and wrote the script of The Mine. Devereaux appeared as Mr. Gubbins in the 1963 British comedy movie Ladies Who Do and in several Carry On films including Carry On Sergeant, Carry On Nurse, Carry On Regardless, Carry On Cruising and Carry On Jack. He also appeared as Thomas Macaulay in series 5 of The Onedin Line and as Mac in the British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous and in The Professionals (episode "Runner") and The Sweeney ("Jackpot"). In 1964 he appeared in The Saint episode "The Loving Brothers".

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