Jeff Truman

Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014)[1] was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.

Career

A member of the Australian Writer Guild for over 30 years,[2] Truman's television credits include Rescue: Special Ops, City Homicide, Packed to the Rafters, The Strip, Sea Patrol, Last Man Standing, The Alice, Stingers (nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 118), McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours (for which he wrote 148 episodes, and was also nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 4155), Home and Away as Sam Barlow in 1988, E Street, A Country Practice, Fat Tony & Co., Winter, and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.[3] He also wrote for Underbelly: Razor (nominated for an AWGIE award in 2012), Underbelly: Badness, and Underbelly: Squizzy. In total Truman received five AWGIE nominations and in 2013, won the award for Best Original Mini Series for Underbelly: Badness.[3]

Truman wrote the feature film Envy which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. He also had a small role in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns.[3]

Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, he was 57.[3][4]

Filmography

As writer
Year Title Note
1992 Children of the Dragon 4 episodes
1994 A Country Practice 2 episodes
1999 The New Girlfriend
2000 Above the Law 1 episode
2003 McLeod's Daughters 2 episodes
2004 Stingers 31 episodes
2005 Last Man Standing 1 episode
Blue Heelers 2 episodes
2006 The Alice 3 episodes
2009 All Saints 8 episodes
Rescue Special Ops 1 episodes
2010 Rush 2 episodes
City Homicide 9 episodes
2011 Sea Patrol 14 episodes
2012 Tricky Business 2 episodes
2013 Packed to the Rafters 10 episodes
Home and Away 4 episodes
2014 Fat Tony & Co. 2 episodes
Neighbours 148 episodes
2015 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 1 episode

As actor
Year Title Role Note
1982 Running on Empty Country Boy Film
1983 Patrol Boat Lieutenant Mitchell Episode: "Tango Victor"
The Wild Duck Johnson Film
Scales of Justice Detective Sergeant Matthews 2 episodes
Chase Through the Night Eric TV movie
1984 Fast Talking Detective Film
1985 Colour in the Creek Farmer Episode: "The Great Depression"
Bliss Joel Film
A Thousand Skies George Pond Episode: "Chapter 3: The Challenges/Chapter 4: The Triumph"
1986 The Blue Lightning Sky Operator TV movie
The Challenge Johan Valentijn TV mini series
1987 Bullseye Sergeant Willis Film
Cassandra Devlin Film
1988 The 13th Floor Bert Film
Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer Osmar White TV movie
Home and Away Sam Barlow 19 episodes
A Cry in the Dark Mr. McCombe Film
A Country Practice Tim Flanagan / Alby Goddard 4 episodes
1989 The Heroes Cobber Cain TV movie
1990 Secret Weapon Stephen Grey TV movie
The Flying Doctors Barry 2 episodes
1991 Flirting Mr. Morris Cutts Film
The Great Air Race Geoff Hernsworth 2 episodes
Till There Was You Nobby Film
Spotswood Ron Film
1992 G.P. Terry Duncan Episode: "The Last Waltz"
Children of the Dragon Theo TV Series
Police Rescue Harry Green Episode: "Judgement Day"
The Adventures of Skippy Manager / Gareth 2 episodes
1993 Shotgun Wedding Detective Ted Jones Film
Home and Away Matthew Thompson 32 episodes
The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End Manager TV mini-series
1994 Time Trax Jake Episode: "A Close Encounter"
1995 Rough Diamonds Arthur Holdings Film
1996 Race the Sun Ed Webster Film
Lilian's Story Head Orderly Film
Whipping Boy Bert Film
1997 Doing Time for Patsy Cline Warren Film
1999 Dog's Head Bay Mike 7 episodes
Envy Phil Film
2002 The Quiet American Dancing American Film
The Nugget George Film
2006 Superman Gil Film
2012 Careless Love Client with Dog Film
2014 A Place to Call Home Father Joe 4 episodes, (final appearance)

References
  1. "Jeffrey (Jeff) Maxwell Truman". HeavenAddress. HeavenAddress. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. Gawler, Peter (3 December 2014). "Vale Jeff Truman". Inside Film. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. Knox, David (2 December 2014). "Vale: Jeff Truman". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "Jeff Truman". tenplay. Ten Network. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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