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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8056 |
| Birthday | 1925-08-27 |
| Place of Birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Also Known As | Edward Sidney Devereaux, اد دورو, |
1966
They're a Weird Mob
5.98/25
An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot c...
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They're a Weird Mob
1964
Carry On Jack
5.96/62
Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charl...
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Carry On Jack
1962
Carry On Cruising
6.087/69
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to...
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Carry On Cruising
1978
Money Movers
6.075/20
A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
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Money Movers
1963
The Wrong Arm of the Law
6.66/47
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as p...
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
10/1
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the p...
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1977
That's Carry On!
5.792/24
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1962
The Password Is Courage
6.458/24
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp,...
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The Password Is Courage
1960
Man in the Moon
6.7/10
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby...
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Man in the Moon
1960
Watch Your Stern
5.917/12
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho...
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Watch Your Stern
1960
There Was a Crooked Man
6.625/8
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight a...
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There Was a Crooked Man
1989
Goldeneye
5.83/47
British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.
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Goldeneye
1985
Claudia
9.5/2
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 h...
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Claudia
1969
Skippy and the Intruders
6.333/3
Skippy and the Intruders (also known as The Intruders) is a 1969 Australian film directed by Lee Robinson, and is a spin-off of the popular Skippy the...
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Skippy and the Intruders
1988
The Clean Machine
7/2
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 Rio...
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The Clean Machine
1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
7.3/5
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1986
Daylight Robbery
0/0
Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but ultimate...
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Daylight Robbery
1973
The Death of Adolf Hitler
6.6/5
The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
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The Death of Adolf Hitler
1961
Carry On Regardless
6.333/54
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying...
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Carry On Regardless
1976
Old Man March Is Dead
0/0
In rural New Zealand an alcoholic ex-soldier is desperate to obtain more liquor. His family try to keep liquor away from him.
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Old Man March Is Dead
1967
Journey Out Of Darkness
10/1
Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the Whit...
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Journey Out Of Darkness
1985
Bon Voyage
7/1
Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.
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Bon Voyage
1992
Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay
0/0
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 p...
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Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay
1971
Nickel Queen
9/1
Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely b...
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Nickel Queen
1964
Never Put It in Writing
8/1
An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland. Learning he's up for a better job, he rushes to retri...
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Never Put It in Writing
1976
Pressure
6.4/10
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
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Pressure
1996
The Preventers
7/1
Parody of 1960's spy capers.
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The Preventers
1958
Carry On Sergeant
6.41/72
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Serv...
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Carry On Sergeant
1985
Reunion at Fairborough
5.8/5
World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mi...
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Reunion at Fairborough
1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
0/0
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title them...
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1991
Buddy's Song
5.714/7
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...
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Buddy's Song
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
5.4/15
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Qu...
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1990
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
5.379/58
When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals...
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I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1960
The Savage Innocents
6.784/44
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by...
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The Savage Innocents
1963
Ladies Who Do
6.964/14
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save thei...
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Ladies Who Do
1972
Bless This House
6.375/24
The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (...
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Bless This House
1989
The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
0/0
Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.
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The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
1975
Sporting Chance
6.5/2
Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the sport of high-speed racing. Wilde then finds himself mixed...
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Sporting Chance
1975
Child of Hope
0/0
Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to b...
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Child of Hope
1977
Come Back, Little Sheba
7/1
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
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Come Back, Little Sheba
1957
The Shiralee
5.088/17
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and...
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The Shiralee
1985
Robbery Under Arms
6.5/6
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South...
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Robbery Under Arms
1977
Three Dangerous Ladies
6/4
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with t...
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Three Dangerous Ladies
1959
Carry On Nurse
6.387/62
In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill...
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Carry On Nurse
1959
The Captain's Table
6/6
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take...
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The Captain's Table
1963
Live It Up!
6.143/7
A young postman, who fronts a pop group, dreams of being bigger than The Beatles. They record a demo tape, but things seem to be going pear shaped whe...
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Live It Up!
1961
Very Important Person
5.542/12
Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist...
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Very Important Person
1959
The Siege of Pinchgut
6.269/13
An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
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