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 Bertel the Hartford Times Building to join a choir singing Christmas carols and other holiday songs. Turnover was rampant at WGTH. As a result, within weeks Bertel, who was still using the "Dick Richards" air-name that he had created for himself at WSTC in Stamford, had become the senior announcer. As such, he hosted "The Uprising," the daily morning show. At midday he co-hosted "Luncheon with Dottie and Dick" with the station's women's director, Dottie Coleman, who usually referred to him as "Richard" on the program. Besides the regional Yankee Network, WGTH was both an ABC and a Mutual affiliate. When