- After his acting career ended, he became a carpenter and worked on construction projects in many Hollywood studios.
- Richards met his second wife, (a physical education teacher), while attending a bullfight with Hugh O'Brian in a Mexican border town.
- After leaving the US Navy in 1946, Richards played baseball for the Portland (Oregon) Beavers and the Salem (Oregon) Senators. A torn ligament temporarily ended his playing days and while recovering he visited Hollywood, was screen tested, and signed to a movie contract.
- Was a professional baseball player before he began acting, and many of his early movie roles reflect his earlier sports career.
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