Ian Turpie

(1943-2012)

Australian actor and Game show host

more_vert

4,551 views

favorite

About

edit

Jump to

Family
Relationships
Associates
Similar

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 the following year, aged 68.

Key details

edit section

Born	Ian J. Turpie 6 November 1943 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	11 March 2012 (aged 68) Narraweena, New South Wales, Australia
Zodiac	Scorpio
Tags	Add tag