Edward Hepple


Edward Hepple billed variously as Eddie Hepple and Ted Hepple, was an Australian actor, voice artist, producer, director, playwright and television scriptwriter, known for his roles in theatre, television serials, soap operas and TV movies. His well-known roles were as Sid Humphrey in Prisoner and the voice of the prospector in the animated series The Silver Brumby.

Stage

He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 2 February 1978.

Television

Perhaps best known for his television appearances, his credits include:
Hepple wrote scripts for television productions, including: Class of '74. and The Dovers. His script for the Homicide episode "The Corrupter", is an early example of an Australian television storyline which took a neutral attitude to male homosexuality.

Death

Hepole died in Melbourne, Victoria on 3 September 2005, age 91 of unspecified causes.