Richard Eyer

• Name — Richard Eyer • Birth Name — Richard Ross Eyer • Born — 6 May 1945 • Birthplace — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor, schoolteacher • Spouse — Laurie Lynn Seabern (1970–1983; divorced); 3 children • Children — Samantha Rae Eyer Benjamin Adam Eyer Andrew Z. Eyer • Years Active — 1952–1967

In The Desperate Hours (1955), Eyer played Fredric March's dangerously impulsive son. In 1956, he played a boy named Chuck in Canyon River which starred George Montgomery and Peter Graves. Eyer played a war orphan in "Homeward Borne", an episode of Playhouse 90, August 22, 1957, on CBS. He had the starring role in The Invisible Boy (1957), producer Nicholas Nayfack's independent sequel to MGM's Forbidden Planet. He also starred in the 1958 western Fort Dobbs, with Clint Walker and Virginia Mayo and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in 1958, in which he portrayed the metallic-voiced Barani the Genie. He appeared in more than one hundred episodes of various television programs, including Rod Cameron's syndicated City Detective, when he was eight years of age. Other appearances include Arrest and Trial, Stoney Burke, Mr. Novak, Wagon Train, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Father Knows Best, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Rawhide and General Electric Theater. In a 1995 interview, Eyer credited his mother for the promotion of his acting career. "It was all her work that did it. I had curly hair, freckles, and people would say what a cute kid he was and all that; so my mother entered me in some children's personality contests, and I won one of these which had been held at the Hollywood Bowl, and I guess that one was the springboard in getting me started. After that, I was hired for some television commercials and some modeling jobs, and this led into other things... I was around fourteen when I did Stagecoach West... My last role was at age 21, appearing in an episode of [ABC's] Combat!"

Eyer is divorced. He is the father of Samantha Rae Eyer, and twin sons, Benjamin Adam Eyer and Andrew Z. Eyer.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1952 — Invasion U.S.A. — Mulfory's Son — Uncredited • 1953 — It Happens Every Thursday — Stan — Uncredited • 1954 — Ma and Pa Kettle at Home — Billy Kettle • 1954 — The Raid — Larry's Friend — Uncredited • 1955 — The Desperate Hours — Ralphie Hilliard • 1955 — Sincerely Yours — Alvie Hunt • 1956 — Come Next Spring — Abraham • 1956 — The Kettles in the Ozarks — Billy Kettle • 1956 — Canyon River — Chuck Hale • 1956 — Friendly Persuasion — Little Jess Birdwell • 1957 — Slander — Joey Martin • 1957 — Bailout at 43,000 — Kit Peterson • 1957 — The Invisible Boy — Timmie Merrinoe • 1958 — Fort Dobbs — Chad Gray • 1958 — The 7th Voyage of Sinbad — The Genie • 1958 — Johnny Rocco — Johnny Rocco • 1958 — Father Knows Best — Burgess Vale • 1959 — Wanted Dead or Alive — Montana Kid — Season 2 ep 1 • 1960 — Hell to Eternity — Guy - as a Boy • 1959 — Gunsmoke — Tommy - befriends ex outlaw • 1960 — Wagon Train — Matthew Brant • 1960-61 — Stagecoach West — David Kane — 38 Episodes