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 Penner sold over 250,000 copies. The song has since been covered by several other artists, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, on their album "Cosmo's Factory", and was featured in the movie "" as the favorite song on the jukebox of Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell); played by Cochrane while meeting with the Vulcans who landed on Earth after detecting his first warp flight, the song is the first element of Human culture shared with an alien race. Penner, now retired, was a professor of English literature at the University of Tennessee. Wade & Dick – The College Kids Dick Penner Recordings of "Ooby-Dooby"