Richard Kiley
Born: 1922-03-31 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1999-03-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical (for Redhead and Man of La Mancha). Kiley was also nominated for nine Emmy Awards, winning four, including for his roles on the series The Thorn Birds, A Year in the Life, and Picket Fences. Some notable film roles include Blackboard Jungle (1955), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Endless Love (1981), Howard the Duck (1986), Phenomenon (1996), and Patch Adams (1998). Kiley is also remembered for his voice role as the tour guide in Jurassic Park (1993).
Filmography
2004
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
2003
- Hugh Hefner: American Playboy as Narrator (voice)
2002
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Joey (archive footage)
2001
- Heroes of Horror as Narrator
1999
- Blue Moon as Jimmy Keating
- Searching for Lost Worlds as narrator
1998
- Patch Adams as Dr. Titan
- The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City as Host
1997
- Ally McBeal as Seymore Little
- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
- Time to Say Goodbye? as Dr. Gerald Klooster
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Narrator
- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Narrator
- The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden as Narrator (voice)
- Wolves at Our Door as Narrator
- Tigers of the Snow as Narrator (voice)
1996
- Phenomenon as Dr. Wellin
- The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Frank Dougherty
- Mary & Tim as Ron Melville
- Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
- The Great Defender
- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Narrator
- 30 Years of National Geographic Specials as Self - Narrator
- Secrets as Dr. Will Berter
- Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces as Narrator
1994
- Christy as Dr. Ferrand
- Mysteries of the Bible
- A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Earl Clayburn
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Seyetik
- Jurassic Park as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
- The Visual Bible: Matthew as Matthew
1992
- Picket Fences as Hayden Langston
- Mastergate as Archer Bowman
- Giant Bears of Kodiak Island as Narrator
- Mysteries Underground as Self - Narrator
1991
- Separate but Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Separate But Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Absolute Strangers as Dr. RJ Cannon
- National Geographic: Splendid Stones as Narrator
1990
- Aladdin as The Magician
- Gunsmoke: The Last Apache as Chalk Brighton
- Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
1989
- The Final Days as J. Fred Buzhardt
- To The Limit as Narrator
1988
- My First Love as Sam Morrissey
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Narrator
- Australia's Aborigines as Narrator
- National Geographic: White Wolf as Narrator (voice)
- Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime as Narrator
1987
- Biography as Narrator (voice)
- A Year in the Life as Joe Gardner
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Narrator (voice)
- Lions of the African Night
- Treasures From The Past as Himself - Narrator
1986
- Howard the Duck as The Cosmos (voice)
- If Tomorrow Comes as Gunther Hartog
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Col. Grangerford
- A Year in the Life as Joe Gardner
- Planet Earth as Narrator
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
- A.D. as Claudius
- Do You Remember Love as George Hollis
- The Bad Seed as Richard Bravo
- The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon De Canterville
- Ballad of the Irish Horse as Narrator (voice)
1984
- George Washington as George Mason
1983
- Natural World as Self - Narrator
- The Thorn Birds as Paddy Cleary
- Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1982
- Hotel as Matt Carmichael
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Pray TV as Rev. Gus Keiffer
1981
- Endless Love as Arthur
- Golden Gate as Thomas J. Kingsley
- Isabel's Choice as Lyman Jones
- Some Call Them ... Freaks as Host (Self)
1980
- Angel on My Shoulder as Nick
1979
- The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke as Narrator/St. Luke
1977
- The Andros Targets as Rev. Ellis
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mr. Dunn
1976
- The Macahans as Timothy Macahan
1975
- Medical Story as Mark Kellerman
- Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
1974
- The Little Prince as The Pilot
- Give Me Liberty as Robertson
1972
- Jigsaw as DA Dan Bellington
1971
- Columbo as Mark Halperin
- Great Performances as Self
- Cannon
- Incident in San Francisco as Robert Harmon
- All the Way Home as Jay Follet
- Murder Once Removed as Frank Manning
- The Swan Song as Theatre Actor
1970
- Night Gallery as Ralph Burke
- a.k.a. Cassius Clay as Self
- The Ceremony of Innocence as King Ethelred
1969
- Medical Center as Dr. Thomas Patton
- The New People
- Night Gallery as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
- Pendulum as Woodrow Wilson King
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Sam Patton
- The Name of the Game as Arlen McKittrick
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Mod Squad as Vincent Warren
1965
- The F.B.I. as John Streyer
- National Geographic Specials as Narrator
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lou Franklin
- The Great Adventure as Col. Edwin L. Drake
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Derry
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- Dr. Kildare as Fred Carroll
- The Defenders as George Helber
- Cain's Hundred as Doug Crawford
1959
- Bonanza as Sheriff Gideon Yates
1958
- The Power of the Resurrection as Peter
1957
- Spanish Affair as Merritt Blake
- Homeward Borne as Bob Lyttleton
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Winner
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
1955
- Gunsmoke as Lewis Stark
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Harry Adams
- Blackboard Jungle as Joshua Y. Edwards
- The Phenix City Story as John Patterson
- Patterns as Fred Staples
1954
- Climax! as Charley Kincaid
1953
1952
- Omnibus
- The Ford Television Theatre as Walter Crandall
- The Sniper as James G. Kent
- Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Coke
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jay Follet
- The Mob as Tom Clancy
1950
1949
1948
- Studio One as Joe
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee