Dick Turpin as Turpin in the 1974 Carry On film "Carry On Dick" and LWT cast Richard O'Sullivan as Turpin in their eponymous series "Dick Turpin". Footnotes Notes Bibliography Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher early in his life but, by the early 1730s, he had joined a gang of deer thieves and, later, became a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional overnight
Dick Wesson (announcer) interviewed by Art Linkletter and Danny Thomas. He occasionally did some acting, including appearances in the Golden Horseshoe Revue show at Disneyland. Wesson did the narration for many movie trailers, Disney and non-Disney as well as the opening announcements for such television series as "Hawaiian Eye", "The Fugitive", and "The Invaders". Dick Wesson (announcer) Dick Wesson (February 20, 1919 – January 27, 1979) was an American movie and television announcer. He is best known as the announcer for "The Wonderful World of Disney" from 1954–1979, and many Quinn Martin series. Dick Wesson was born in Boise, Idaho on February 20,