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Joff Ellen (20 May 191530 December 1999) (real name Raymond Charles Ellen) was an Australian entertainer, actor and comedian. ==Career == During 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 Joff Ellen also 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 :
He also played the role of "Conkers" in the school comedy series ''Take That'' for Crawford Productions.〔TV Week 26 June 1958, pg.47〕 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 had briefly married and later divorced. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joff Ellen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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