Born in Burlington, Ontario. Richard's parents John and Margaret, a school principal and a church organist, recognized that Richard had some talent at a very early age. After being in many school plays, Richard was cast in twelve episodes of a local children's tv show entitled "All in a Tube". At age 11, Richard started to make his own home movies from his father's super 8 sound movie camera. He accomplished 25 short films by the age of twenty, when he attended Sheridan College film school. He finished Film school early and got a Job in the film industry as a production assistant. The producers of the TV series "Men" liked Richard and told him he could audition for a tiny role that played in one episode of the series. He landed the part and played Tim opposite Saul Rubenick. The network loved the character Tim. They made him a regular character in the series. Richard's career had started. Show less «