Biography of Dick Vosburgh

Comedy writer, broadcaster, occasional actor and book and lyric writer of the musical A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine, Dick Vusburgh has died, aged 77. Born in New Jersey in 1929, he came to RADA in 1948 where he won the Comedy Acting Prize and began to contribute sketches and lyrics to West End revues and then moved into broadcasting. During his career he wrote for a vast range of British comedy stars, including Alfed Marks, Stanley Baxter, Bernard Bresslaw, Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, Kenny Everett, Bob Monkhouse, John Cleese, Rory Bremner and Lenny Henry. He also appeared in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Apart from A Night in Hollywood, which was a hit on Broadway, he also collaborated with Dennis King on the musical A Saint She Ain't and earlier this year appeared with King at the Theatre Museum in The Un-American Songbook. He died on Wednesday 18th April in London, leaving a wife, Beryl, one son and five daughters.