Portrait in Tweed Jacket

In the heyday of its early years, GTV9 in Melbourne was more than just a television studio — it brought together under one roof a multitude of skills and clever, talented people.

The services on-tap included film production, sound recording, scenery construction, animation, wardrobe, makeup — and still (publicity) photography.

Consequently many of Denzil’s activities at GTV9 were documented by publicity photographers and some of the photos from that period of 1957–1963 survive in his collection. Included are studio portraits like this one.

Here Denzil wears his favourite Harris Tweed jacket — he purchased the fabric on the Isle of Bute and had it made into a coat in Saville Row during his UK trip in 1952.

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”