Richard Kennedy Vosburgh was an American-born Grammy and Tony-nominated comedy writer and lyricist, working chiefly in Britain.
10 Facts About Dick Vosburgh
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Dick Vosburgh persuaded his father to let him study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and won the Comedy Acting prize.
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Dick Vosburgh was writing for BBC Radio, starting with scripts for Bernard Braden in 1953.
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Dick Vosburgh later appeared on one episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus as a bearded Russian spy who fights Lemming of the BDA, played by Eric Idle.
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Dick Vosburgh provided the serious-sounding voice-over on the theatrical trailer for the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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Dick Vosburgh voiced Larry Dart in the cult 1962 children's television show Space Patrol.
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Dick Vosburgh was the recorded voice of The Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, one of the first commercial CD-ROM titles.
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Dick Vosburgh wrote many obituaries of comedians and B-movie actors for the Observer and The Times.
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Dick Vosburgh is mentioned as being depicted in the background in the animated film A Liar's Autobiography.
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Dick Vosburgh died in London, aged 77 and was survived by his wife Beryl Vosburgh and their six children.