Dick Richards (journalist)
Appearance
Dick Richards was a journalist who covered entertainment and showbusiness matters, sometimes in a Sunday Pictorial column called 'The Bright Lights'.
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 8 March 1965.[1]
In 2012 a collection of photographs was found in a house clearance, showing Richards in the company of stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Burt Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, and David Niven.[2]
Bibliography
- —— (1949). The Life Story of Danny Kaye. Convoy Publications.
- —— (1950). Sunday Pictorial All-star Annual. The Sunday Pictorial. (as editor)
- —— (1969). Ginger Rogers: Salute to a Star. Clifton Books. ISBN 978-0901255075.
References
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Dick Richards". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (27 February 2012). "Anyone heard of Dick Richards?". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2014.