Richard Stapley, aka Richard Wyler, not only enjoyed great success as an actor and writer on both sides of the Atlantic, but managed to do it under two names as well. A descendant of Sir Richard Stapley, noted in history for signing the death warrant of King Charles I, Stapley was born in Westcliffe, Essex, England on June 20, 1923 and made his ...
Richard worked as a motorcycle despatch rider in London in the 1970s for Security Despatch.
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In the early 60s he opened one of the first coffee bars in the UK, near Streatham Ice Rink, south London, then a motorcycle shop in Worcester Park, Surrey.
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In the 1970s, he was well-known on the small screen as the man in the aeroplane's bath in the 'Imperial Leather' commercials.
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In the early 60s Dick Wyler was a road racer - notably riding a Greeves in racing trim - on British short circuits, etc. At this time, he was a columnist in "Motor Cycling" magazine: 'Richard Wyler's Coffee Bar Column'.
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On Screen as 'Richard Stapley' from 1948 & as 'Richard Wyler' since 1968
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Return of the Saint
1978
TV Series
Algemon
Scorpio
1973
Agent killled by Zharkov in car (uncredited)
Frenzy
1972
Truck Driver (uncredited)
The Befrienders
1972
TV Series
Scott Murray
Jason King
1971
TV Series
Jenson
Brett
1971
TV Series
Philip Alden
Z Cars
1970
TV Series
Jack Streeter
Connecting Rooms
1970
Dick Grayson
The Main Chance
1969
TV Series
Tim Cowley
Rio 70
1969
Jeff Sutton
Mogul
1969
TV Series
Michael Stenman
Gunman Sent by God
1968
If One Is Born a Swine
1967
Billy Walsh
Un hombre vino a matar
1967
Anthony Garnett / Rattler Kid
Dick Smart 2.007
1967
Dick Smart
The Ugly Ones
1966
Luke Chilson
Court Martial
1966
TV Series
Major Dutton
The Baron
1966
TV Series
Gregg Wilde
Coplan FX 18 casse tout
1965
Coplan
The Saint
1964-1965
TV Series
Roddy Morton / Allessandro Naccaro
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Best of the Post
1961
TV Series
Bil Simmons
The Barbarians
1960
Lycursus
Identity Unknown
1960
John
Man from Interpol
1960
TV Series
Interpol Agent Anthony Smith
High Jump
1959
Bill Ryan
ITV Television Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Clemens
Telephone Time
1957
TV Series
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1957
TV Series
Kuran Surat
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
David Archer (as Richard Stapley)
Target Zero
1955
Sgt. David Kensemmit (as Richard Stapley)
General Electric Theater
1954
TV Series
Norman
Jungle Man-Eaters
1954
Inspector Jeffrey Bernard (as Richard Stapley)
The Iron Glove
1954
Prince James Stuart (as Richard Stapley)
Cavalcade of America
1954
TV Series
Charge of the Lancers
1954
Maj. Bruce Lindsey (as Richard Stapley)
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953
Lt. Ben Baird (as Richard Stapley)
The Strange Door
1951
Denis de Beaulieu (as Richard Stapley)
Little Women
1949
John Brooke (as Richard Stapley)
The Three Musketeers
1948
Albert (as Richard Stapley)
The Challenge
1948
Cliff Sonnenberg (as Richard Stapley)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Why Must I Die?
1960
lyrics: "How Can I Let Him Know?" - as Richard Stapley
The Restless Breed
1957
lyrics: "The Restless Breed", "Never Alone", "Angelita" - as Richard Stapley
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Juke Box Jury
1960
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dick Cavett Show
1972
TV Series
Truck Driver
Known for movies
Man from Interpol (1960) as Interpol Agent Anthony Smith
$850,000
