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Ian Turpie

Born: 1943-11-06 • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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Filmography
Somewhere in the Darkness poster
Somewhere in the Darkness
1999 • Weatherman
Funny Things Happen Down Under poster
Funny Things Happen Down Under
1965 • Lennie