Dick Tyler

{{short description|American actor}}

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| name = Dick Tyler

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| 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.

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| occupation = Actor, writer, chiropractor

| years_active = 1943-?

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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.{{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}} He played Eddie Breen in the 1945 film The Bells of St. Mary's.{{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}} His mother, Phyllis Tyler, was an actress. He appeared in other films, including The Spiral Staircase (1946) and Father Was a Fullback (1949).{{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}} He played the title role of Henry Aldrich in the television series The Aldrich Family. It was his first TV appearance.{{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}}

Tyler later worked as a bodybuilding writer.{{cite web|url=http://raw-iron.com/Tyler.php

|title=Tyler Tales with Dick Tyler|publisher=Raw Iron|access-date=July 16, 2020}} 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.{{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}}{{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=July 16, 2020}} In 2004, he published his book called West Coast Bodybuilding Scene: The Golden Era.{{cite web|url=https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/babyboom47.htm|title=The Golden Era of Bodybuilding!|publisher=Bodybuilding.com|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=July 16, 2020}}