Ian Turpie

Acting

Birthday

1943/11/06

Day of death

2012/03/11 (68 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also know as

Turps

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 diagnos...Read more

Acting
Somewhere in the Darkness
9.0

(1999) Somewhere in the Darkness

as Weatherman

7.5

(1965) Funny Things Happen Down Under

as Lennie

Swift and Shift Couriers
6.5

(2008) Swift and Shift Couriers

as Keith Warne

Homicide
4.3

(1964) Homicide

as Lindsay Murdock