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
- The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden as Narrator (voice)
- Ally McBeal as Seymore Little
- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Narrator
- Time to Say Goodbye? as Dr. Gerald Klooster
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Narrator
- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
- Tigers of the Snow as Narrator (voice)
- Wolves at Our Door as Narrator
1996
- Phenomenon as Dr. Wellin
- Mary & Tim as Ron Melville
- The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Frank Dougherty
- Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
- Secrets as Dr. Will Berter
- Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces as Narrator
- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Narrator
- The Great Defender
- 30 Years of National Geographic Specials as Self - Narrator
1994
- A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Earl Clayburn
- Christy as Dr. Ferrand
- Mysteries of the Bible
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
- Absolute Strangers as Dr. RJ Cannon
- Separate But Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Separate but Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- National Geographic: Splendid Stones as Narrator
1990
- Gunsmoke: The Last Apache as Chalk Brighton
- Aladdin as The Magician
- 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
- National Geographic: White Wolf as Narrator (voice)
- Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime as Narrator
- Australia's Aborigines 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")
- The Bad Seed as Richard Bravo
- A.D. as Claudius
- The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon De Canterville
- Do You Remember Love as George Hollis
- 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
- Pray TV as Rev. Gus Keiffer
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981
- Endless Love as Arthur
- Isabel's Choice as Lyman Jones
- Golden Gate as Thomas J. Kingsley
- 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
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mr. Dunn
- The Andros Targets as Rev. Ellis
1976
- The Macahans as Timothy Macahan
1975
- Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
- Medical Story
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
- Murder Once Removed as Frank Manning
- All the Way Home as Jay Follet
- Incident in San Francisco as Robert Harmon
1970
- Night Gallery as Ralph Burke
- The Ceremony of Innocence as King Ethelred
- a.k.a. Cassius Clay as Self
1969
- Medical Center as Dr. Thomas Patton
- Pendulum as Woodrow Wilson King
- The New People
- Night Gallery as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Sam Patton
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Name of the Game as Arlen McKittrick
- The Mod Squad as Vincent Warren
1965
- The F.B.I. as John Streyer
- National Geographic Specials as Narrator
1963
- The Great Adventure as Col. Edwin L. Drake
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lou Franklin
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Derry
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Fred Carroll
- The Defenders as George Helber
- Ben Casey
- 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 - Performer
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
1955
- Gunsmoke as Lewis Stark
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Harry Adams
- Patterns as Fred Staples
- The Phenix City Story as John Patterson
- Blackboard Jungle as Joshua Y. Edwards
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
- The Mob as Tom Clancy
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jay Follet
1950
1949
1948
- Studio One as Joe
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee