Tyler McCandless

&nbsp Captain Tyler McCandless is a fictional character on Capitol.

He was portrayed by David Mason Daniels and Dane Witherspoon.

Brief Character History
One of Clarissa McCandless' four sons, Tyler was a painfully moral military captain.

Most of the show's initial plotlines revolved around Tyler and his star-crossed-Romeo-and-Juliet romance with Julie Clegg, a union complicated by his capture in war-torn N'Shoba, Julie's amnesia, and opposition from just about everyone in town. After the two finally made it down the alter in July 1983, Tyler ran for his brother-in-law's Congressional seat, and although he lost the election, he was appointed to a special crime commission that sought to destroy an international crime cartel operating out of the Caribbean. In March 1985, the Pan-Caribbean investigation in full swing, Tyler mysteriously vanished.

Two months later, he was rescued from an Italian monastery where he'd been held captive by Pan-Caribbean criminals.

He and Julie quickly made the grievous error of buying their black market baby Allison from Trey's unscrupulous attorney Austin Sinclair. Unbeknownest to Tyler, the adoption had been arranged by Sandy Vincent, chief flunky to crooked Senator Josh Harrington, head of the Pan-Caribbean cartel. Tyler soon found himself having to choose between his new daughter and the criminal investigation to which he'd devoted much of his life. Eventually, he busted Harrington, exposed the cartel, and left to take an Interpol job in Geneva.