Ted Dicks (5 May 1928 – 27 January 2012) was an English composer. He is best known for composing the music for the novelty songs "Right Said Fred" and "The Hole in the Ground". They were both Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart in 1962, recorded by Bernard Cribbins with lyrics by Myles Rudge, and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. Another song by Dicks and Rudge, "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", was a hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton. Dicks also wrote the theme tune for 1970s children's television series Catweazle.
He shared a basement flat in London with Len Deighton for several years.
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Wrote the music for "Right, said Fred", "Hole in the Ground" and "Folk Song", hit records for Bernard Cribbins, and for "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", recorded by Ronnie Hilton.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sorry I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1981
TV Series 3 episodes
Virgin Witch
1972
With These Hands...
1972
Catweazle
1970
TV Series
Cribbins
1969
TV Series 6 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Compact
TV Series script associate - 6 episodes, 1962 writer - 5 episodes, 1962 - 1964
$1.9 Million
