Richard Kiley

Acting • Born 1922-03-31 – Died 1999-03-05

Acting1Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

176 credits

Patch Adams

Movie • 1998

Dr. Titan

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Movie • 2004

Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")

The Sniper

Movie • 1952

James G. Kent

The Mob

Movie • 1951

Tom Clancy

Blackboard Jungle

Movie • 1955

Joshua Y. Edwards

Phenomenon

Movie • 1996

Dr. Wellin

Pickup on South Street

Movie • 1953

Joey

The Phenix City Story

Movie • 1955

John Patterson

The Little Prince

Movie • 1974

The Pilot

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Movie • 1977

Mr. Dunn

The Visual Bible: Matthew

Movie • 1993

Matthew

Endless Love

Movie • 1981

Arthur

a.k.a. Cassius Clay

Movie • 1970

Self

The Bad Seed

Movie • 1985

Richard Bravo

Spanish Affair

Movie • 1957

Merritt Blake

Separate But Equal

Movie • 1991

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Movie • 1995

Narrator

National Geographic: Splendid Stones

Movie • 1991

Narrator

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

Movie • 1990

Chalk Brighton

Blue Moon

Movie • 1999

Jimmy Keating

The Canterville Ghost

Movie • 1985

Sir Simon De Canterville

Eight Iron Men

Movie • 1952

Pvt. Coke

Patterns

Movie • 1955

Fred Staples

Lions of the African Night

Movie • 1987

Ballad of the Irish Horse

Movie • 1985

Narrator (voice)

Pendulum

Movie • 1969

Woodrow Wilson King

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Movie • 2002

Joey (archive footage)

The Final Days

Movie • 1989

J. Fred Buzhardt

Do You Remember Love

Movie • 1985

George Hollis

Heroes of Horror

Movie • 2001

Narrator

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Movie • 1997

Narrator

Australia's Aborigines

Movie • 1988

Narrator

Jigsaw

Movie • 1972

DA Dan Bellington

National Geographic: White Wolf

Movie • 1988

Narrator (voice)

Wolves at Our Door

Movie • 1997

Narrator

Absolute Strangers

Movie • 1991

Dr. RJ Cannon

Murder Once Removed

Movie • 1971

Frank Manning

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Movie • 1988

Narrator

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Movie • 1987

Narrator (voice)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie • 1986

Col. Grangerford

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Movie • 1997

Self

Tigers of the Snow

Movie • 1997

Narrator (voice)

Jurassic Park

Movie • 1993

Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)

A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

Movie • 1994

Earl Clayburn

Howard the Duck

Movie • 1986

The Cosmos (voice)

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

Movie • 1995

Self - Narrator

All the Way Home

Movie • 1971

Jay Follet

Angel on My Shoulder

Movie • 1980

Nick

My First Love

Movie • 1988

Sam Morrissey

The Ceremony of Innocence

Movie • 1970

King Ethelred

The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden

Movie • 1997

Narrator (voice)

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

Movie • 1997

Narrator

The Power of the Resurrection

Movie • 1958

Peter

Secrets

Movie • 1995

Dr. Will Berter

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

Movie • 1996

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

Movie • 1996

Frank Dougherty

Mastergate

Movie • 1992

Archer Bowman

The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke

Movie • 1979

Narrator/St. Luke

Incident in San Francisco

Movie • 1971

Robert Harmon

Night Gallery

Movie • 1969

SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe

Friendly Persuasion

Movie • 1975

Jess Birdwell

Treasures From The Past

Movie • 1987

Himself - Narrator

Isabel's Choice

Movie • 1981

Lyman Jones

The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City

Movie • 1998

Host

Pray TV

Movie • 1982

Rev. Gus Keiffer

Giant Bears of Kodiak Island

Movie • 1992

Narrator

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

Movie • 2003

Narrator (voice)

Aladdin

Movie • 1990

The Magician

Mysteries Underground

Movie • 1992

Self - Narrator

Mary & Tim

Movie • 1996

Ron Melville

Golden Gate

Movie • 1981

Thomas J. Kingsley

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

Movie • 1995

Narrator

Some Call Them ... Freaks

Movie • 1981

Host (Self)

National Geographic's Rain Forest

Movie

Self - Narrator

Night of 100 Stars

Movie • 1982

Self

Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime

Movie • 1988

Narrator

The Macahans

Movie • 1976

Timothy Macahan

To The Limit

Movie • 1989

Narrator

Time to Say Goodbye?

Movie • 1997

Dr. Gerald Klooster

Homeward Borne

Movie • 1957

Bob Lyttleton

Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

Movie • 1983

Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods

Movie • 1990

Give Me Liberty

Movie • 1974

Robertson

The Swan Song

Movie • 1971

Theatre Actor

The Great Adventure

TV • 1963

Col. Edwin L. Drake

Garrison's Gorillas

TV • 1967

Columbo

TV • 1971

Mark Halperin

Cain's Hundred

TV • 1961

Doug Crawford

Ally McBeal

TV • 1997

Seymore Little

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV • 1963

Lou Franklin

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

John Streyer

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1985

Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")

Hotel

TV • 1982

Matt Carmichael

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Vincent Warren

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Lewis Stark

Studio One

TV • 1948

Joe

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Cannon

TV • 1971

Christy

TV • 1994

Dr. Ferrand

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Jay Follet

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Harry Adams

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Dan

Climax!

TV • 1954

Charley Kincaid

Judd for the Defense

TV • 1967

The New People

TV • 1969

A Year in the Life

TV • 1987

Joe Gardner

The Thorn Birds

TV • 1983

Paddy Cleary

Ben Casey

TV • 1961

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Suspense

TV • 1949

Medical Story

TV • 1975

Tales of Tomorrow

TV • 1951

The Steve Allen Show

TV • 1956

Self - Singer

Mysteries of the Bible

TV • 1994

Natural World

TV • 1983

Self - Narrator

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Fred Carroll

George Washington

TV • 1984

George Mason

The Defenders

TV • 1961

George Helber

The Great Defender

TV • 1995

The Defenders

TV • 1961

Acting Governor White

The Defenders

TV • 1961

Harvey Slaughter

The Andros Targets

TV • 1977

Rev. Ellis

The Web

TV • 1950

Planet Earth

TV • 1986

Narrator

If Tomorrow Comes

TV • 1986

Gunther Hartog

Night Gallery

TV • 1970

Ralph Burke