Richard Kiley

Actor Mar 31 (died age 76) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1944–2004 (60 year career)

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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 Lov…

Known For

Film

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)

Film

Patch Adams

Dr. Titan

Film

Phenomenon

Dr. Wellin

Film

Pickup on South Street

Joey

Film

Howard the Duck

The Cosmos (voice)

Film

Blackboard Jungle

Joshua Y. Edwards

Film

The Thorn Birds

Paddy Cleary

Film

The Little Prince

The Pilot

Filmography

Acting (152)

Movies (83)

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")

8.0

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

2003

as Narrator (voice)

9.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Joey (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

as Narrator

Blue Moon

as Jimmy Keating

Patch Adams

as Dr. Titan

The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City

1998

as Host

7.0

Time to Say Goodbye?

1997

as Dr. Gerald Klooster

4.0

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997

as Narrator

6.4

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

as Narrator

8.0

The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Wolves at Our Door

1997

as Narrator

8.0

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

as Self

Tigers of the Snow

as Narrator (voice)

Phenomenon

as Dr. Wellin

Mary & Tim

as Ron Melville

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996

as Frank Dougherty

5.8

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Secrets

1995

as Dr. Will Berter

6.0

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

as Narrator

3.0

Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces

1995

as Narrator

9.0

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

1995

as Self - Narrator

7.0

A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

1994

as Earl Clayburn

Jurassic Park

1993

as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)

8.0

The Visual Bible: Matthew

as Matthew

Mastergate

as Archer Bowman

Mysteries Underground

1992

as Self - Narrator

7.0

Giant Bears of Kodiak Island

1992

as Narrator

Separate But Equal

1991

as Chief Justice Earl Warren

6.5

Absolute Strangers

1991

as Dr. RJ Cannon

National Geographic: Splendid Stones

1991

as Narrator

Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

as Chalk Brighton

Aladdin

as The Magician

Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods

The Final Days

as J. Fred Buzhardt

To The Limit

as Narrator

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Narrator

7.0

National Geographic: White Wolf

1988

as Narrator (voice)

My First Love

1988

as Sam Morrissey

10.0

Australia's Aborigines

1988

as Narrator

Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime

1988

as Narrator

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Lions of the African Night

1987

Treasures From The Past

1987

as Himself - Narrator

Howard the Duck

1986

as The Cosmos (voice)

5.4

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1986

as Col. Grangerford

6.7

The Canterville Ghost

1985

as Sir Simon De Canterville

The Bad Seed

as Richard Bravo

Do You Remember Love

as George Hollis

Ballad of the Irish Horse

1985

as Narrator (voice)

Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

1983

Pray TV

1982

as Rev. Gus Keiffer

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Endless Love

as Arthur

Isabel's Choice

as Lyman Jones

Golden Gate

1981

as Thomas J. Kingsley

Some Call Them ... Freaks

1981

as Host (Self)

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

as Nick

6.0

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

1979

as Narrator/St. Luke

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

as Mr. Dunn

The Macahans

as Timothy Macahan

Friendly Persuasion

as Jess Birdwell

The Little Prince

1974

as The Pilot

6.9

Give Me Liberty

1974

as Robertson

Jigsaw

1972

as DA Dan Bellington

All the Way Home

1971

as Jay Follet

Murder Once Removed

1971

as Frank Manning

4.8

Incident in San Francisco

as Robert Harmon

a.k.a. Cassius Clay

as Self

The Ceremony of Innocence

1970

as King Ethelred

Night Gallery

1969

as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe

6.3

Pendulum

1969

as Woodrow Wilson King

5.5

The Power of the Resurrection

1958

as Peter

Homeward Borne

1957

as Bob Lyttleton

Spanish Affair

1957

as Merritt Blake

5.5

The Phenix City Story

as John Patterson

Blackboard Jungle

as Joshua Y. Edwards

Patterns

as Fred Staples

Pickup on South Street

as Joey

The Sniper

as James G. Kent

Eight Iron Men

as Pvt. Coke

The Mob

as Tom Clancy

National Geographic's Rain Forest

as Self - Narrator

Television (69)

Searching for Lost Worlds

1999

as narrator

Ally McBeal

as Seymore Little

The Great Defender

Christy

as Dr. Ferrand

Mysteries of the Bible

1994

9.0

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Seyetik

Picket Fences

as Hayden Langston

Separate but Equal

as Chief Justice Earl Warren

Biography

as Narrator (voice)

A Year in the Life

as Joe Gardner

If Tomorrow Comes

as Gunther Hartog

Planet Earth

as Narrator

A Year in the Life

1986

as Joe Gardner

9.0

The Twilight Zone

1985

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

A.D.

as Claudius

George Washington

as George Mason

Natural World

as Self - Narrator

The Thorn Birds

as Paddy Cleary

Hotel

as Matt Carmichael

How the West Was Won

as Timothy Macahan

The Andros Targets

as Rev. Ellis

Medical Story

Columbo

as Mark Halperin

Great Performances

as Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Cannon

Night Gallery

as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe

Medical Center

as Dr. Thomas Patton

The New People

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Hawaii Five-O

as Sam Patton

The Name of the Game

as Dr. Judson Strode

The Mod Squad

as Vincent Warren

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

The Danny Thomas Hour

Judd for the Defense

Garrison's Gorillas

The F.B.I.

as John Streyer

National Geographic Specials

1965

as Narrator

6.9

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Lou Franklin

5.3

The Great Adventure

1963

as Col. Edwin L. Drake

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Jim Derry

7.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Fred Carroll

The Defenders

as George Helber

Ben Casey

Cain's Hundred

as Doug Crawford

Bonanza

as Sheriff Gideon Yates

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Harry Adams

Gunsmoke

as Lewis Stark

Climax!

as Charley Kincaid

General Electric Theater

1953

6.4

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

Medallion Theatre

1953

Kraft Television Theatre

1953

Omnibus

1952

6.0

The Ford Television Theatre

as Walter Crandall

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Jay Follet

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Danger

Lux Video Theatre

as Dan

The Web

Suspense

Studio One

as Joe

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee