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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

4

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-11-06

Deathday

2012-03-11 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also Known As

  • Turps

Ian Turpie

Biography

Ian Bruce Turpie (6 November 1943 – 11 March 2012), sometimes referred to as Turps, was an Australian performer, actor (theatre, television, film), pop singer and presenter (television, radio). He was the host of the teen pop music TV show, The Go!! Show (1965–66) and various TV game shows, The Price Is Right (1981–1985, 1989), and Supermarket Sweep (1992–1994). As a TV actor he portrayed Keith Warne on Swift and Shift Couriers (2008, 2011) and Wazza and Narrator in Housos (2011). He was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2011 and died in the following year, aged 68.

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Swift and Shift Couriers
6.5%

Swift and Shift Couriers

Oct 27, 2008

Homicide
4.3%

Homicide

Oct 20, 1964

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2008
Swift and Shift Couriers as Keith Warne
1999
Somewhere in the Darkness as Weatherman
1965
Funny Things Happen Down Under as Lennie
1964
Homicide as Lindsay Murdock
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