# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-devereaux
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:30:15.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-devereaux"
name: "Ed Devereaux"
slug: "ed-devereaux"
description: "Edward Sidney Devereaux, better known professionally as Ed Devereaux, was an Australian actor, director, and scriptwriter who lived in the United Kingdom 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 writing the script and directing the episode \"The Veteran\" (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of the episode \"Double Trouble\" on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of \"Summer Storm\" and the script for \"The Mine\". He also played the part of Joe in the Australian 1966 film They’re a Weird Mob. The film was a local success."
tagline: "Australian actor, film director (1925-2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Ed_Devereaux_pic.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-08-27"
deathDate: "2003-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             15.44623763173277
  historical:           6.232693333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222358/"
    handle:    "nm0222358"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Devereaux"
    title: "Ed Devereaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "اد ديڤيرياوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Devereaux"
    title: "Ed Devereaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Devereaux"
    title: "Ed Devereaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Devereaux"
    title: "Ed Devereaux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%93%9C_%EB%93%9C%EB%B2%84%EB%A6%AD%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "에드 드버릭스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94838"
    title: "Ed Devereaux"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump