Richard Wyler 1923 - 2010 RIP

[John Wakefield]

Richard Wyler born Richard Stapely in Westcliffe. Essex on 20th June 1923, served in the RAF during WW2 moving to Hollywood in the 1940's where he appeared in a number of films alongside Boris Karloff & Tyrone Power. He took the surname Wyler when he moved back to the UK the early 1960's starring in the TV series The Man From Interpol. Alongside his acting career Wyler was also racing Greeves on short circuts in the UK, & in company with Joe Dunphy did a Greeves publicity tour on Greeves roadster 250 & 325 Sports Twins (950 UNO & 171 VEV) in 1961. He also wrote in the motor cycle press with Richard Wylers Coffee Bar Column. In his later years he moved into TV commercials, including one for Imperial Leather soap. He died on Friday 5th March 2010 with kidney failure at Palm Springs, California aged 86

(with extracts from report in OBM)

[Brian Thompson]

Sad news....

It's always sad to hear news like this.....

Here's a pic of Richard Wyler on the front cover of the 1961 Greeves Brochure, which I'm guessing was taken at Southend Airport. It was probably a promotional 'tie-in' to the well publicised european tour he undertook with Joe Dunphy on their Greeves roadsters.

Sorry about the quality everyone, it was the best I could do with a poor image source. Nice pic though.

Brian.