Joff Ellen

Joff Ellen (20 May 1915 to 30 December 1999) was an Australian entertainer, actor and comedian. He was most famous for his appearances on the television show "In Melbourne Tonight" from 1958 to 1974 employing a variety mix of song-and-dance, comedy sketches and other vaudevillean skills. He was also famous for appearing in various children's television shows as the character 'Joffa Boy'. 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 retired in 1976 and lived in Warragul and lived with his second wife, Bernadette. The couple were married for 54 years.