Ed Devereaux

Born: 1925-08-27

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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Carry On Cruising

as Young Officer
Released: 1962-03-12

Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such...

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The Savage Innocents

as Pilot
Released: 1960-03-20

An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally...

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I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

as Pub Landlord
Released: 1990-07-06

When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged...

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Carry On Jack

as Hook, Pirate
Released: 1964-02-23

Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high...

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Carry On Sergeant

as Sgt. Russell
Released: 1958-08-31

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with...

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The Wrong Arm of the Law

as Bluey May
Released: 1963-03-17

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then...

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Carry On Regardless

as Mr. Panting
Released: 1961-04-04

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a...

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Goldeneye

as Sir William Stephenson
Released: 1989-08-26

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

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That's Carry On!

as Various Characters
Released: 1977-01-01

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...

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The Death of Adolf Hitler

as Martin Bormann
Released: 1973-01-07

The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths...

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Reunion at Fairborough

as George Kloss
Released: 1985-05-12

World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry...

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Money Movers

as Dick Martin
Released: 1978-10-24

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

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They're a Weird Mob

as Joe Kennedy
Released: 1966-08-18

Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the...

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Ladies Who Do

as Mr. Gubbins
Released: 1963-11-01

The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make...

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Pressure

as Police Inspector
Released: 1976-11-19

A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two...

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Bless This House

as Jim
Released: 1972-09-08

The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the...

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Come Back, Little Sheba

as Elmo
Released: 1977-12-31

An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal...

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Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay

as Alick McKay
Released: 1992-10-23

Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon on 29th December 1969 and her body was...

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The Dismissal

as Phil Lynch
Released: 1983-03-06

The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of...

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The Password Is Courage

as Aussie
Released: 1962-06-01

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World...

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Man in the Moon

as Storekeeper
Released: 1960-10-31

William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common...

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Watch Your Stern

as Cmdr. Phillips
Released: 1960-10-14

When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the...

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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

as Mac
Released: 1996-11-06

Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting...

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Skippy and the Intruders

as Matt Hammond
Released: 1969-12-10

Skippy and the Intruders (also known as The Intruders) is a 1969 Australian film directed by Lee...

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Never Put It in Writing

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-27

An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland....

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There Was a Crooked Man

as American Colonel
Released: 1960-08-31

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is...

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Daylight Robbery

as Ted Lawrence
Released: 1986-07-16

Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea...

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Buddy's Song

as Bookie
Released: 1991-03-01

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than...

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Three Dangerous Ladies

as The Ferryman
Released: 1977-06-05

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous"...

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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

as Sir Alec Ferguson
Released: 1974-12-12

Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated...

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Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Lord Beaverbrook
Released: 1978-11-06

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite,...

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Child of Hope

as Richard A. Falk
Released: 1975-04-24

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives...

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The Shiralee

as Christy
Released: 1957-07-11

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with...

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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

as Max Aitken
Released: 1981-03-04

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician...

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Robbery Under Arms

as Ben
Released: 1985-03-28

Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel...

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The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

as Harry
Released: 1989-09-16

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

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Sporting Chance

as Ryker
Released: 1975-01-01

Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the...

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Nickel Queen

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-31

Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed...

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Claudia

as George
Released: 1985-12-12

Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a...

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The Professionals

as Albie
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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The Saint

as Wally Kinsall
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Persuaders!

as Ryker
First aired: 1971-09-17

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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The Sweeney

as Harry Biggleswade
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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The New Avengers

as Vann
First aired: 1976-10-22

The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...

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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

as Matt Hammond
First aired: 1968-02-05

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young...

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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

as Loder
First aired: 1968-02-05

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young...

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The Main Chance

as Paul Miller
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Justice

as Frank Ronce
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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Rafferty's Rules

as Detective Sgt. Updike
First aired: 1987-02-12

Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the...

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Fall of Eagles

as Purtales
First aired: 1974-03-15

"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...

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The Ghosts of Motley Hall

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-04-28

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter...

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The Enigma Files

as Jerry Knowland
First aired: 1980-04-15

The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen...

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Laurence Olivier Presents

as Elmo
First aired: 1976-12-05

Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran...

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Lord Beaverbrook
First aired: 1978-11-08

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite,...

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The Dismissal

as Phillip Lynch
First aired: 1983-03-06

The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens...

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The True Believers

as Ben Chifley
First aired: 1988-06-28

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian...

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We'll Meet Again

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-02-19

It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town....

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Snakes and Ladders

as Computer voice
First aired: 1989-10-17

In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols....

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My Brother Jack

as Jack
First aired: 1965-08-21

Ed Devereaux stars as Jack in the 1965 television serial adaption of George Johnston's 1964 book...

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