Ed Devereaux was an Australian actor, director and scriptwriter who lived in the UK for many years. He was best known for playing the part of "Matt Hammond" the head ranger in the Australian television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes: Devereaux directed The Veteran, for which he received much critical acclaim. He also wrote the script. 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 and The Sweeney. In 1964 he appeared in The Saint episode "The Loving Brothers". Australian TV roles included the title role of Jack Meredith in "My Brother Jack", and George King in Kings. 

August 27th, 1925 in Sydney  /  Died:   Dec 17th, 2003 - Natural Causes