 His later work included "How the West Was Won", "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "Casino Royale".He was the stepfather of American polo pioneer and Polo's Grande Dame Sue Sally Hale.His brothers, Otto and Victor Metzetti, both had success as stunt performers, and were members of the vaudeville troupe the Flying Metzettis, (or the Five Metzettis) who were the first to perform the quadruple back somersault in 1917, at Barnum and Bailey's, with Richard as "voltiguer".