Ed Devereaux

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".

Known For: Acting

Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1925-08-27

Died: 2003-12-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	The Shiralee	Christy	51
2	1958	Carry On Sergeant	Sgt. Russell	64
3	1960	The Savage Innocents	Pilot	67
4	1960	There Was a Crooked Man	American Colonel	61
5	1960	Watch Your Stern	Cmdr. Phillips	56
6	1960	Man in the Moon	Storekeeper	64
7	1961	Carry On Regardless	Mr. Panting	64
8	1962	Carry On Cruising	Young Officer	61
9	1962	The Password Is Courage	Aussie	63
10	1963	The Wrong Arm of the Law	Bluey May	65
11	1963	Ladies Who Do	Mr. Gubbins	70
12	1964	Carry On Jack	Hook, Pirate	59
13	1964	Never Put It in Writing		0
14	1966	They're a Weird Mob	Joe Kennedy	60
15	1967	Journey Out Of Darkness	Jubbal	0
16	1969	Skippy and the Intruders	Matt Hammond	50
17	1971	Nickel Queen		0
18	1972	Bless This House	Jim	63
19	1973	The Death of Adolf Hitler	Martin Bormann	65
20	1974	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own	Sir Alec Ferguson	54
21	1975	Sporting Chance	Ryker	60
22	1975	Child of Hope	Richard A. Falk	0
23	1976	Old Man March Is Dead	March	0
24	1976	Pressure	Police Inspector	60
25	1977	Three Dangerous Ladies	The Ferryman	50
26	1977	That's Carry On!	Various Characters	57
27	1977	Come Back, Little Sheba	Elmo	70
28	1978	Money Movers	Dick Martin	62
29	1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Lord Beaverbrook	100
30	1981	The Life and Times of David Lloyd George	Max Aitken	0
31	1985	Robbery Under Arms	Ben	64
32	1985	Reunion at Fairborough	George Kloss	48
33	1985	Bon Voyage	Mr. Teitelbaum	0
34	1985	Claudia	George	100
35	1986	Daylight Robbery	Ted Lawrence	0
36	1988	The Clean Machine	Commissioner Fred Riley	50
37	1989	Goldeneye	Sir William Stephenson	60
38	1989	The Saint: Fear in Fun Park	Harry	0
39	1990	I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle	Pub Landlord	54
40	1991	Buddy's Song	Bookie	58
41	1992	Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay	Alick McKay	0
42	1996	Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout	Mac	73
43	1996	The Preventers	Roger Stavro Mordik	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Saint	Wally Kinsall	73
2	1965	My Brother Jack	Jack	0
3	1968	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo	Matt Hammond	56
4	1968	Skippy the Bush Kangaroo	Loder	56
5	1969	The Main Chance	Paul Miller	77
6	1971	The Persuaders!	Ryker	76
7	1971	Justice	Frank Ronce	60
8	1974	Fall of Eagles	Purtales	68
9	1975	The Sweeney	Harry Biggleswade	77
10	1976	The Ghosts of Motley Hall		68
11	1976	The New Avengers	Vann	70
12	1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Elmo	70
13	1977	The Professionals	Albie	74
14	1978	Edward and Mrs Simpson	Lord Beaverbrook	62
15	1980	The Enigma Files	Jerry Knowland	55
16	1982	We'll Meet Again		55
17	1983	The Dismissal	Phillip Lynch	60
18	1987	Rafferty's Rules	Detective Sgt. Updike	60
19	1988	The True Believers	Ben Chifley	0
20	1989	Snakes and Ladders	Computer voice	55

Ed Devereaux

Film

Television