Richard Carlyle


Richard Carlyle was a film, television and Broadway actor.

Early years

Carlyle was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. His education included attendance at Sherwood Dramatic Art School and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Career

Carlyle's early work on stage came with the troupe at the Barter Theatre and in stock theater in Springfield, Illinois.
In 1951, Carlyle starred as Jack Casey in the television version of Casey, Crime Photographer on CBS.
He had a prolific career beginning in the 1950s appearing in a variety of theater productions and as a character actor on numerous television series. He played Rezin Bowie in The Iron Mistress and Commander Don Adams in the Oscar-nominated war drama Torpedo Run starring Glenn Ford. He also had a long tenure with Theatre West in Los Angeles.
In the original series he played Lt. Karl Jaeger in "The Squire of Gothos".

Death

On November 15, 2009, Carlyle died in Los Angeles.

Filmography