In Character for Comedy

Creating strange and eccentric characters was something Denzil enjoyed doing on stage, in comedy films and for television. As a member of the team of comedy writers for In Melbourne Tonight in the early 1960s, Denzil created characters such as Brigadier Brendan Fortescue, and this eccentric chap who constructed this raft, the “SS Nine” which prompty sunk.

The top photo looks like the back lot of GTV9. Whether this was for IMT or for the Tarax Show is not noted on the photos.

Photos in this Gallery:

Directing in Studio One, 1958
Portrait During the GTV9 Era
Signing the Tarax Sponsorship Deal
Sorting Things at GTV9
Puppets on the Happy Show
Professor Nitwitty and Gerry Gee
Skin and Bones Jones on the Happy Show circa 1958
Professor Ratbaggy Congratulates Contest Winner
Gerry Hood on The Tarax Show, 1960
Portrait in Tweed Jacket
At School in the Tarax Show
Brigadier Brendan Fortescue, IMT 1963
In Character for Comedy
Barney Sludge, Cohns Cobber Member
Fertile Ground in Country TV
Technology in Country Television, 1964
Clowning at School, AMV4 1965
Christmas Specials at AMV4, 1964
Mr Hardwicke in “The Sullivans”