Richard Kiley

Known For: Acting
Born: March 31, 1922
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: March 5, 1999

Richard Kiley

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

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004 · Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

2003 · Narrator (voice)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002 · Joey (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

Heroes of Horror

2001 · Narrator

Searching for Lost Worlds

1999 · narrator

Blue Moon

1999 · Jimmy Keating

Patch Adams

1998 · Dr. Titan

The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City

1998 · Host

Wolves at Our Door

1997 · Narrator

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997 · Narrator

The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden

1997 · Narrator (voice)

Ally McBeal

1997 · Seymore Little

Time to Say Goodbye?

1997 · Dr. Gerald Klooster

Tigers of the Snow

1997 · Narrator (voice)

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997 · Narrator

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997 · Self

Mary & Tim

1996 · Ron Melville

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996 · Frank Dougherty

Phenomenon

1996 · Dr. Wellin

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995 · Narrator

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995 · Narrator

Secrets

1995 · Dr. Will Berter

The Great Defender

The Great Defender

1995

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

1995 · Self - Narrator

A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

1994 · Earl Clayburn

Christy

1994 · Dr. Ferrand

Mysteries of the Bible

1994

The Visual Bible: Matthew

1993 · Matthew

Jurassic Park

1993 · Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993 · Seyetik

Mysteries Underground

1992 · Self - Narrator

Mastergate

1992 · Archer Bowman

Picket Fences

1992 · Hayden Langston

Giant Bears of Kodiak Island

Giant Bears of Kodiak Island

1992 · Narrator

Absolute Strangers

1991 · Dr. RJ Cannon

Separate but Equal

1991 · Chief Justice Earl Warren

Separate but Equal

1991 · Chief Justice Earl Warren

National Geographic: Splendid Stones

1991 · Narrator

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

1990 · Chalk Brighton

Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods

1990

Aladdin

1990 · The Magician

The Final Days

1989 · J. Fred Buzhardt

To The Limit

1989 · Narrator

My First Love

1988 · Sam Morrissey

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988 · Narrator

Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime

1988 · Narrator

Australia's Aborigines

Australia's Aborigines

1988 · Narrator

National Geographic: White Wolf

1988 · Narrator (voice)

A Year in the Life

1987 · Joe Gardner

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987 · Narrator (voice)

Biography

1987 · Narrator (voice)

Lions of the African Night

1987

Treasures From The Past

1987 · Himself - Narrator

A Year in the Life

1986 · Joe Gardner

Howard the Duck

1986 · The Cosmos (voice)

If Tomorrow Comes

1986 · Gunther Hartog

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1986 · Col. Grangerford

Planet Earth

1986 · Narrator

The Twilight Zone

1985 · Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")

Do You Remember Love

1985 · George Hollis

A.D.

1985 · Claudius

The Bad Seed

1985 · Richard Bravo

Ballad of the Irish Horse

1985 · Narrator (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

1985 · Sir Simon De Canterville

George Washington

1984 · George Mason

Natural World

1983 · Self - Narrator

Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

1983

The Thorn Birds

1983 · Paddy Cleary

Hotel

1982 · Matt Carmichael

Night of 100 Stars

1982 · Self

Pray TV

1982 · Rev. Gus Keiffer

American Playhouse

1982 · Announcer, Self – Host, Writer

Isabel's Choice

1981 · Lyman Jones

Golden Gate

1981 · Thomas J. Kingsley

Endless Love

1981 · Arthur

Some Call Them ... Freaks

Some Call Them ... Freaks

1981 · Host (Self)

Angel on My Shoulder

1980 · Nick

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

1979 · Narrator/St. Luke

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 · Mr. Dunn

The Andros Targets

1977 · Rev. Ellis

The Macahans

1976 · Timothy Macahan

Medical Story

1975 · Mark Kellerman

Friendly Persuasion

1975 · Jess Birdwell

The Little Prince

1974 · The Pilot

Give Me Liberty

Give Me Liberty

1974 · Robertson

Jigsaw

1972 · DA Dan Bellington

All the Way Home

1971 · Jay Follet

Murder Once Removed

1971 · Frank Manning

Columbo

1971 · Mark Halperin

Cannon

1971

The Swan Song

1971 · Theatre Actor

Incident in San Francisco

1971 · Robert Harmon

Great Performances

1971 · Self, Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Night Gallery

1970 · Ralph Burke

a.k.a. Cassius Clay

1970 · Self

The Ceremony of Innocence

1970 · King Ethelred

Night Gallery

1969 · SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe

Medical Center

1969 · Dr. Thomas Patton

The New People

1969

Pendulum

1969 · Woodrow Wilson King

The Mod Squad

1968 · Vincent Warren

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Sam Patton

The Name of the Game

1968 · Arlen McKittrick, Dr. Judson Strode

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 · Self

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

Judd, for the Defense

1967

Garrison's Gorillas

1967

The F.B.I.

1965 · John Streyer, Dr. Herbert Barth, Frederic Oliver Scott

National Geographic Specials

1965 · Narrator

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · Lou Franklin

The Great Adventure

1963 · Col. Edwin L. Drake

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · Jim Derry

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

Ben Casey

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961 · Fred Carroll

Cain's Hundred

1961 · Doug Crawford

The Defenders

1961 · George Helber, Harvey Slaughter, Acting Governor White

Bonanza

1959 · Sheriff Gideon Yates

The Power of the Resurrection

1958 · Peter

Spanish Affair

1957 · Merritt Blake

Homeward Borne

1957 · Bob Lyttleton

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self - Singer

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Winner, Self - Performer, Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Harry Adams

Gunsmoke

1955 · Lewis Stark, Tom Lynott, Bohannan, Will Stambridge

The Phenix City Story

1955 · John Patterson

Blackboard Jungle

1955 · Joshua Y. Edwards

Patterns

1955 · Fred Staples

Climax!

1954 · Charley Kincaid

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

1953

Medallion Theatre

1953

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

Pickup on South Street

1953 · Joey

General Electric Theater

1953

Eight Iron Men

1952 · Pvt. Coke

Omnibus

1952 · , Actor, The Prosecuting Attorney

The Ford Television Theatre

1952 · Walter Crandall

The Sniper

1952 · James G. Kent

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Jay Follet

The Mob

1951 · Tom Clancy

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Dan

Danger

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

Suspense

1949 · , Webb Wilson

Studio One

1948 · Joe, Edward Dean, Fred Baxter, Jim Colton, Calvin, Julian Hurst, Ralph Johnson, Merrick, Richard Baker

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Kraft Television Theatre

1947 · , Fred Staples, Frederick Banting, Artaban, Hacker

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

National Geographic's Rain Forest

National Geographic's Rain Forest

— · Self - Narrator

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