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Joff Ellen (born Raymond Charles Ellen; 20 May 1915{{spaced ndash}}24 December 1999) was an Australian entertainer, actor and comedian. CareerDuring World War II he performed vaudeville acts to the troops and after the war did comedy shows on Melbourne radio station 3XY, now known as Magic 1278 He appeared in various children's television shows as the character Joffa Boy, particularly The Tarax Show, wearing "Bombay Bloomers" with large suspenders that he would manipulate for effect. He would greet the audience with "Howdy Doody, boys and girls!", and they would respond "Howdy Doody, Joffa Boy!". The theme song for the character was: "Who's that peeping round the corner? He also played the role of "Conkers" in the school comedy series Take That for Crawford Productions.[1] His only known film role was in Nightclub (1952), one of only a handful of films made in Melbourne in that decade, where he appeared with the artist and actor Valma Howell whom he was briefly engaged to before she died in a car crash. He was famous for his appearances with Graham Kennedy on the television show In Melbourne Tonight and later The Graham Kennedy Show from 1958 to 1974 employing a variety mix of song-and-dance, comedy sketches and other vaudevillean skills.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} Personal lifeHe retired in 1976 and lived in Tarwin Lower, Victoria with his wife, Bernadette. The couple were married for 54 years. References1. ^TV Week 26 June 1958, pg.47 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellen, Joff}}{{Australia-comedian-stub}} 7 : 1915 births|1999 deaths|Australian male comedians|Australian male film actors|Actors from Victoria (Australia)|20th-century Australian male actors|20th-century comedians |
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