Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014) was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.
Career A member of the Australian Writer Guild for more than 30 years, 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. 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.
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.
Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage; he was 57.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Note 1982 Running on Empty Country Boy Film1983 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 movie1987 Bullseye Sergeant Willis Film Cassandra Devlin Film1988 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 movie1991 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 Film1996 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 Film2002 The Quiet American Dancing American Film The Nugget George Film 2006 Superman Returns Gil Film 2012 Careless Love Client with Dog Film
Television Year Title Role Note1983 Patrol Boat Lieutenant Mitchell TV seriesEpisode: "Tango Victor" Scales of Justice Detective Sergeant Matthews Miniseries2 episodes1985 Colour in the Creek Farmer TV seriesEpisode: "The Great Depression" A Thousand Skies George Pond MiniseriesEpisodes: "Chapter 3: The Challenges / Chapter 4: The Triumph" 1986The Challenge Johan Valentijn Miniseries1988 Home and Away Sam Barlow TV series19 episodes A Country Practice Tim Flanagan / Alby Goddard TV series4 episodes 1990 The Flying Doctors Barry TV series2 episodes 1991 The Great Air Race Geoff Hernsworth Miniseries2 episodes1992 G.P. Terry Duncan TV seriesEpisode: "The Last Waltz" Children of the Dragon Theo TV seriesTV series Police Rescue Harry Green TV seriesEpisode: "Judgement Day" The Adventures of Skippy Manager / Gareth TV series2 episodes1993 Home and Away Matthew Thompson TV series32 episodes The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End Manager Miniseries 1994 Time Trax Jake TV seriesEpisode: "A Close Encounter" 1999 Dog's Head Bay Mike TV series7 episodes 2014 A Place to Call Home Father Joe TV series4 episodes(final appearance)
Writing
Year Title Note 1989-93 E Street TV series1992Children of the Dragon TV series4 episodes 1994 A Country Practice TV series2 episodes 1999 Envy (aka The New Girlfriend) Film 2000 Above the Law TV series1 episode 2003 McLeod's Daughters TV series2 episodes 2004 Stingers TV series31 episodes2005 Last Man Standing TV series1 episode Blue Heelers TV series2 episodes 2006 The Alice Miniseries3 episodes 2008 The Strip TV series2009 All Saints TV series8 episodes Rescue Special Ops TV series1 episodes2010 Rush TV series2 episodes City Homicide TV series9 episodes2011 Sea Patrol TV series14 episodes Underbelly: Razor TV series2012 Tricky Business TV series2 episodes Underbelly: Badness TV series2013 Underbelly: Squizzy TV series Packed to the Rafters TV series10 episodes Home and Away TV series4 episodes2014 Fat Tony & Co. TV series2 episodes Neighbours TV series148 episodes2015 Winter TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries TV series1 episode
References
External links TruMoney Films
RGM Database