Jeff Underhill

Jeffrey Winton Underhill (1927–10 May 1978)^[1] was an Australian writer and journalist. He worked in advertising before turning to writing.^[2]

Career

He was a regular writer on the Friday night edition of In Melbourne Tonight hosted by Noel Ferrier, who wrote in his memoirs that Underhill "possessed one of the most original talents for script writing I have ever encountered and I was extraordinarily luck to have him on the team. He wrote the entire show - no small effort on a weekly basis."^[3]

Select credits

The Bunyip and the Satellite (1957) - stage musical - lyrics
The Ballad of Angel's Alley (1958) – stage musical,^[4] first performed at the New Theatre, Melbourne in December 1958^[5]
Night of the Ding-Dong (1961) - writer
Alice in Wonderland (1962 film) - writer^[6]
In Melbourne Tonight (1962) – writer
The Noel Ferrier Show (1964) – TV writer
A Small Wonder (1966) – TV play
A Time for Love - "Noises in Another Room" (1972) - TV play

References

^ "Underhill, Jeff (1927–1978)", Trove, 2008, retrieved 22 August 2020
^ "Fred Schep[isi On advertising, love and his plans to dazzle you in the cinema". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 303. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1985. p. 56. Retrieved 4 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Ferrier p 49
^ "What's On". Tribune. No. 1389. New South Wales. 20 January 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 21 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Ballad of Angel's Alley : A Pocket Opera". AustLit. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "TV Features". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 406. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 December 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 4 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.