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

Career

He was a regular writer on the Friday night edition of ''

In Melbourne Tonight ''In Melbourne Tonight'', also known as ''IMT'', was a highly popular nightly Logie award-winning Australian variety show, variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970. Overview Graham Kennedy was the show's mai ...

'' hosted by

Noel Ferrier Noel Ferrier Member of the Order of Australia, AM (20 December 193016 October 1997) was an Australian television personality, comedian, stage and film actor, raconteur, and theatrical producer. He was a regular panelist in Graham Kennedy's popu ...

, 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."

Select credits

*'' The Bunyip and the Satellite'' (1957) - stage musical - lyrics *'' The Ballad of Angel's Alley'' (1958) – stage musical, first performed at the

New Theatre, Melbourne The New Theatre in Melbourne, formerly Melbourne Workers' Theatre Group, was one of a number of branches of Australia's New Theatre movement established in the 1930s. This was a radical left theatrical movement which staged performances with a ...

in December 1958 *'' Night of the Ding-Dong'' (1961) - writer *''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'' (1962 film) - writer *''

'' (1962) – writer *'' The Noel Ferrier Show'' (1964) – TV writer *''

A Small Wonder "A Small Wonder" is the 29th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series ''Australian Playhouse''. "A Small Wonder" was written by Jeff Underhill and directed by James Davern and originally aired on A ...

'' (1966) – TV play *''A Time for Love'' - "Noises in Another Room" (1972) - TV play

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Australian screenwriters 1927 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Australian screenwriters {{Australia-writer-stub