He continued to appear in a string of Hollywood films at different studios during the 1940s and 1950s, including the 1951 period drama The Strange Door, which co-starred Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton; 1953's King of the Khyber Rifles, which starred Tyrone Power; Charge of the Lancers with Paulette Goddard; and The Iron Glove with Robert Stack in 1954.

He travelled to the Continent where he starred in a series of European-made adventure and western films using the name, Richard Wyler, including The Barbarians, The Exterminators, The Bounty Killer, Dick Smart 2.007, and The Girl from Rio.

During the early part of the decade, he wrote Thru the Gears, a monthly feature for American magazine Motorcyclist,[4] a weekly column for Motor Cycling magazine, Richard Wyler's Coffee Bar Column,[5] and owned a shop in Central Road, Worcester Park, London, specialising in performance motorcycle parts and accessories.

[2] When his acting roles became fewer he became a radio announcer in Britain, raced motorbikes,[8] and in the 1970s worked part-time as a motor cycle courier.

[2] Richard Stapley died of kidney failure at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, on 5 March 2010, at the age of 86.