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Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014) [1] was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.
A member of the Australian Writer Guild for more than 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 , 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]
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Running on Empty | Country Boy | Film |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck | Johnson | Film |
| Chase Through the Night | Eric | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Fast Talking | Detective | Film |
| 1985 | Bliss | Joel | Film |
| 1986 | The Blue Lightning | Sky Operator | TV movie |
| 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 | |
| A Cry in the Dark | Mr. McCombe | Film | |
| 1989 | The Heroes | Cobber Cain | TV movie |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Stephen Grey | TV movie |
| 1991 | Flirting | Mr. Morris Cutts | Film |
| Till There Was You | Nobby | Film | |
| Spotswood | Ron | Film | |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding | Detective Ted Jones | Film |
| 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 | Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) | Phil | Film |
| 2002 | The Quiet American | Dancing American | Film |
| The Nugget | George | Film | |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Gil | Film |
| 2012 | Careless Love | Client with Dog | Film |
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1983 | Patrol Boat | Lieutenant Mitchell | TV series Episode: "Tango Victor" |
| Scales of Justice | Detective Sergeant Matthews | Miniseries 2 episodes | |
| 1985 | Colour in the Creek | Farmer | TV series Episode: "The Great Depression" |
| A Thousand Skies | George Pond | Miniseries Episodes: "Chapter 3: The Challenges / Chapter 4: The Triumph" | |
| 1986 | The Challenge | Johan Valentijn | Miniseries |
| 1988 | Home and Away | Sam Barlow | TV series 19 episodes |
| A Country Practice | Tim Flanagan / Alby Goddard | TV series 4 episodes | |
| 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Barry | TV series 2 episodes |
| 1991 | The Great Air Race | Geoff Hernsworth | Miniseries 2 episodes |
| 1992 | G.P. | Terry Duncan | TV series Episode: "The Last Waltz" |
| Children of the Dragon | Theo | TV series TV series | |
| Police Rescue | Harry Green | TV series Episode: "Judgement Day" | |
| The Adventures of Skippy | Manager / Gareth | TV series 2 episodes | |
| 1993 | Home and Away | Matthew Thompson | TV series 32 episodes |
| The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End | Manager | Miniseries | |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Jake | TV series Episode: "A Close Encounter" |
| 1999 | Dog's Head Bay | Mike | TV series 7 episodes |
| 2014 | A Place to Call Home | Father Joe | TV series 4 episodes (final appearance) |
| Year | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-93 | E Street | TV series |
| 1992 | Children of the Dragon | TV series 4 episodes |
| 1994 | A Country Practice | TV series 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) | Film |
| 2000 | Above the Law | TV series 1 episode |
| 2003 | McLeod's Daughters | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Stingers | TV series 31 episodes |
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | TV series 1 episode |
| Blue Heelers | TV series 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Alice | Miniseries 3 episodes |
| 2008 | The Strip | TV series |
| 2009 | All Saints | TV series 8 episodes |
| Rescue Special Ops | TV series 1 episodes | |
| 2010 | Rush | TV series 2 episodes |
| City Homicide | TV series 9 episodes | |
| 2011 | Sea Patrol | TV series 14 episodes |
| Underbelly: Razor | TV series | |
| 2012 | Tricky Business | TV series 2 episodes |
| Underbelly: Badness | TV series | |
| 2013 | Underbelly: Squizzy | TV series |
| Packed to the Rafters | TV series 10 episodes | |
| Home and Away | TV series 4 episodes | |
| 2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | TV series 2 episodes |
| Neighbours | TV series 148 episodes | |
| 2015 | Winter | TV series |
| The Doctor Blake Mysteries | TV series 1 episode |
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