RICHARD TYLER: Problem Child, Successful Adult

Bullied by his schoolmates, young Richard is given a few boxing tips from nun Ingrid Bergman in THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (1945).
Dick Tyler (left) was featured in the light comedy FATHER WAS A FULLBACK (1949) with Betty Lynn, Rudy Vallee, Maureen O’Hara and Fred MacMurray.

Films of the Golden Age,
Issue Number 100,
Spring 2020

“I’m very proud of what I was able to accomplish … I look back now with great fondness, and not with the hurt, regret or bitterness that others in my circumstances later developed.”

Slight (5’8″), athletic, ginger-haired child actor RICHARD TYLER (1932- ) began on the stage at age 8 and appeared on Broadway before moving to films. He was equally adept at playing cute rascals (“boxing” with nun Ingrid Bergman in THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (1945)) and bullies (Margaret O’Brien’s young nemesis in TENTH STREET ANGEL (1946)). Adjusting moderately well to teen roles, he saw the light ever dimming by the time he reached adulthood. He wisely closed the book on acting and focused on bodybuilding (later a writer/editor for muscle magazines) and, more successfully, opened up a long-term L.A. chiropractic business to the stars (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Burt Reynolds).

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