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 and the Duchess Dick and the Duchess Dick and the Duchess is an American CBS sitcom filmed and set in London, England, and starring Patrick O'Neal and Hazel Court. O'Neal starred as Dick Starrett, an American insurance claims investigator based in London, who is married to Jane, an attractive patrician Englishwoman whom he calls "Duchess". Court was also known for her roles in horror films. Sheldon Reynolds was the executive producer of the series, filmed by Associated-Rediffusion Television. Twenty-six episodes aired between September 28, 1957, and March 22, 1958. The series aired in Britain during the following 1958–1959 season. In the story line,