Richard Willis (born 1957) is an English actor known for a variety of television roles, notably Istvan 'Soldier' Szolda in the 1974 ITV Granada serial Soldier and Me, as well as Varsh in the 1980 Doctor Who story Full Circle. Richard Willis (born 1957) is an English actor known for a variety of television roles, notably Istvan 'Soldier' Szolda in the 1974 ITV Granada serial Soldier and Me, as well as Varsh in the 1980 Doctor Who story Full Circle.