Dick Tyler

{{Infobox person | name = Dick Tyler | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Richard Tyler | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date |12 |1943|09|13}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor, writer, chiropractor | years_active = 1943-? }}

'''Richard Tyler''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date |12 |1943|09|13|noage=1}}) is a former American actor who appeared in several films and television series. He began his acting career in various theatre plays, such as ''Tomorrow, the World!''. He is reportedly a descendant of former American presidents such as John Tyler and Thomas Jefferson.<ref name="Pittsburgh43">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/147846204/|title='Meanesst Boy in the World' But Only While on Stage!|publisher=The Pittsburgh Press|date=September 13, 1943|page=16|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref> He played Eddie Breen in the 1945 film ''The Bells of St. Mary's''.<ref name="Atlanta45">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/397993597/|title='Shiner' Wins Dickie Tyler Spot in Film|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 8, 1945|page=35|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref> His mother, Phyllis Tyler, was an actress. He appeared in other films, including ''The Spiral Staircase'' (1946) and ''Father Was a Fullback'' (1949).<ref name="Brooklyn46">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52904670/|title=Dickie Tyler, Movie Moppet, A Hit as 'Christopher Blake'|publisher=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=December 3, 1946|page=9|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref> He played the title role of Henry Aldrich in the television series ''The Aldrich Family''. It was his first TV appearance.<ref name="Chicago51">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52904670/|title=Tops Among Teens|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=February 18, 1951|page=113|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>

Tyler later worked as a bodybuilding writer.<ref name="RawIron">{{cite web |url=http://raw-iron.com/Tyler.php |title=Tyler Tales with Dick Tyler |publisher=Raw Iron |access-date=December 16, 2025 |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505000104/http://raw-iron.com/Tyler.php}}</ref> Having known Arnold Schwarzenegger since his arrival in the United States in 1968, Tyler was chairman on the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners when Schwarzenegger was the governor of California. He later had to step down from one of the posts due to a controversial firing.<ref name="MJones07">{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/03/bring-cops-schwarzeneggers-bodybuilder-appointees-are-chiropractic-fanatics/|title=Bring in the Cops! Schwarzenegger's Bodybuilder Appointees are Chiropractic Fanatics!|publisher=Mother Jones|date=March 9, 2007|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="OC07">{{cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2007/03/13/schwarzenegger-forces-friend-to-give-up-one-of-two-chiropractic-posts/ |title=Schwarzenegger forces friend to give up one of two chiropractic posts |publisher=Orange County Register |date=March 13, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2025 |archive-date=July 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717152356/https://www.ocregister.com/2007/03/13/schwarzenegger-forces-friend-to-give-up-one-of-two-chiropractic-posts/}}</ref> In 2004, he published his book called ''West Coast Bodybuilding Scene: The Golden Era''.<ref name="Bodybuilding">Tyler, Dick.: {{Google books|4RH8wAEACAAJ|West Coast Bodybuilding Scene: The Golden Era}}</ref>

==Filmography== {|class="wikitable" |- !style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year !style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Title !style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role |- |rowspan=3|1945 |''Hotel Berlin'' |Bellboy #6 |- |''It's in the Bag!'' |Homer Floogle |- |''The Bells of St. Mary's'' |Eddie Breen |- |rowspan=2|1946 |''The Spiral Staircase'' |Freddy |- |''Till the End of Time'' |Jimmy Kincheloe |- |1948 |''Tenth Avenue Angel'' |Jimmy Madson |- |1949 |''Father Was a Fullback'' |Joe Birch |- |rowspan=2|1953 |''Battle Circus'' |Soldier |- |''Trail Blazers'' |Ben |- |1955 |''Trial'' |Johnson |- |rowspan=3|1955 |''Navy Wife'' |Officer |- |''The Proud and Profane'' |Ralph |- |''Tea and Sympathy'' |Roger |- |rowspan=3|1959 |''Riot in Juvenile Prison'' |Stu Killion |- |''The Blue Angel'' |Hans Keiselsack |- |''The Atomic Submarine'' |Frogman Carney |- |1960 |''Wake Me When It's Over'' |Lt. William Pincus |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0878888|Dick Tyler}}

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