Background
He was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia and moved to Perth as a young boy.
He was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia and moved to Perth as a young boy.
He attended Perth Modern School.
With the outbreak of World World War II, he enlisted and served in the Middle East, Ceylon and New Guinea. He wrote the regular "Outsight" column for Nation Review and was its editor for several years, then contributed to Toorak Times, the eccentric weekly newspaper published by Jack Pacholli (1929-2004). He also worked for the American Broadcasting Company, earning the attention of ASIO as a Communist sympathiser.
He died from lung cancer.
He had a longterm relationship with writer Oriel Gray, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Nicholas. Peter Hepworth (1948 – 2011) had a successful career writing for television, including episodes of The Sullivans, Flying Doctors, The Henderson Kids and Blue Heelers.