Ed Devereaux Dies
Comments: 13
Ed Devereaux may not be such a familiar name to non-Australians, but to two generations of viewers he was park ranger Matt Hammond in the television series Skippy (about the adventures of an orphaned kangaroo raised by the ranger’s son). Devereaux died in London yesterday at the age of 78.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2003.12.18 (Thu) • 22:55
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Posted by Setsunai 2003.12.19, 18:07
Skippy was pretty big in Europe too. But in fairness, I wouldn’t have known the names of the actors.
Posted by Brad 2003.12.21, 14:13
wow…can remember growing up watching the ol Skip and Sunny (or Sonny?) thing. You mentioned Ed’s name and it sounded familiar…a good innings for the old fella. Hats off to Ed.
Posted by eamon 2003.12.22, 21:55
he was a fine actor had a brilliant part in the sweeney were he was caught on a blag and threw one of the bags of money over the fence for his kid who was dying or something.the brits lost a couple or good actors this year bob grant david lodge etc and although ed was’nt a brit i count him among those kind of actors forget about your tom cruises and keanu reeves with their purfumed bums
Posted by Nick 2003.12.23, 19:09
Ed Devereaux was a fine actor, and although I didn’t know him, I could tell from his performances in the shows I saw that he was a good man. He had four sons so he was no doubt a good father too. I think, watching the show as a kid, something of Ed brushed off on me. Thinking about it, I’m sure he actually influenced hundreds of children. I’ll cherish the episodes of Skippy that I have on video even more now.
Posted by Claudia 2004.05.18, 22:10
J’aimais beaucoup ED DEVEREAUX et en particulier la série SKIPPY. J’aimerais avoir des photos de cet acteur mais en France, c’est difficile à trouver.
Posted by jh 2004.05.18, 22:33
Claudia —- Je suis désolé que je n’aie aucune photographie d’Ed Devereaux à offrir. Une recherche des images sur Google n’était pas beaucoup d’aide non plus.
Posted by Claudia 2004.05.18, 22:48
Merci de m’avoir répondu. Vous savez, je lui ai déjà écrit et il m’avait répondu. Je garderai toujours sa lettre. J’ai aussi des cassettes de Skippy qui était diffusé sur la chaine Euréka (TPS),j’ai environ 73 épisodes mais je sais qu’il en existe 91. J’aimerais qu’il ait eu un Fan-club. Claudia
Posted by jh 2004.05.18, 23:06
Je n’ai eu aucune idée que Skippy était populaire dans d’autres pays. Vous savez beaucoup plus à son sujet que moi!
Posted by steve devereaux 2006.03.30, 10:31
Dear Claudia,
My name is Steve Devereaux and I am one of Ed Devereaux’ four sons. If you want a photo of Ed contact me at steve.devereaux@ntlworld.com and I’ll forward you some pictures.
Posted by jh 2006.03.30, 10:49
Steve — Very belated condolences, and thanks for your comment here. As strange as this may be to say, your father was a big part of my childhood.
Posted by Alex Devereaux 2006.12.08, 23:44
Hello everybody! i am Ed Devereauxs Grand daughter and hello uncle steve by the way if you ever read this page again! I bet grand dad ed would appreciate your comments greatly if he was here today, i was researching about him out of interest and i found this blog which is cool! I didnt see grandad ed very often but he still holds a very special place in my heart. he is my inspiration. i hope one day my acting talents can match his. ps hello steve! i will be coming down to London over christmas so… if you are around then maybe we could meet up sometime from alex devereaux
Posted by Tim Devereaux 2007.01.30, 21:10
Hello. I’m also Ed’s son, and Alex’s dad and…er…therefore Steve’s brother. I enjoy these little family get togethers on the web.
Posted by alex Devereaux 2007.02.18, 21:10
yes they are enjoyable
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