Richard Kiley
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
2003Hugh Hefner: American Playboy as Narrator (voice)
2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Joey (archive footage)
2001Heroes of Horror as Narrator
1999Searching for Lost Worlds as narrator
1999Blue Moon as Jimmy Keating
1998Patch Adams as Dr. Titan
1998The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City as Host
1997Wolves at Our Door as Narrator
1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Narrator
1997The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden as Narrator (voice)
1997Ally McBeal as Seymore Little
1997Time to Say Goodbye? as Dr. Gerald Klooster
1997Tigers of the Snow as Narrator (voice)
1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Narrator
1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
1996Mary & Tim as Ron Melville
1996Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Frank Dougherty
1996Phenomenon as Dr. Wellin
1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces as Narrator
1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Narrator
1995Secrets as Dr. Will Berter
1995The Great Defender
199530 Years of National Geographic Specials as Self - Narrator
1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Earl Clayburn
1994Christy as Dr. Ferrand
1994Mysteries of the Bible
1993The Visual Bible: Matthew as Matthew
1993Jurassic Park as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Seyetik
1992Mysteries Underground as Self - Narrator
1992Mastergate as Archer Bowman
1992Picket Fences as Hayden Langston
1992Giant Bears of Kodiak Island as Narrator
1991Absolute Strangers as Dr. RJ Cannon
1991Separate But Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
1991Separate but Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
1991National Geographic: Splendid Stones as Narrator
1990Gunsmoke: The Last Apache as Chalk Brighton
1990Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
1990Aladdin as The Magician
1989The Final Days as J. Fred Buzhardt
1989To The Limit as Narrator
1988My First Love as Sam Morrissey
1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Narrator
1988Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime as Narrator
1988National Geographic: White Wolf as Narrator (voice)
1988Australia's Aborigines as Narrator
1987A Year in the Life as Joe Gardner
1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Narrator (voice)
1987Biography as Narrator (voice)
1987Lions of the African Night
1987Treasures From The Past as Himself - Narrator
1986A Year in the Life as Joe Gardner
1986Howard the Duck as The Cosmos (voice)
1986If Tomorrow Comes as Gunther Hartog
1986The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Col. Grangerford
1986Planet Earth as Narrator
1985The Twilight Zone as Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
1985Do You Remember Love as George Hollis
1985A.D. as Claudius
1985The Bad Seed as Richard Bravo
1985Ballad of the Irish Horse as Narrator (voice)
1985The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon De Canterville
1984George Washington as George Mason
1983Natural World as Self - Narrator
1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983The Thorn Birds as Paddy Cleary
1982Hotel as Matt Carmichael
1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982Pray TV as Rev. Gus Keiffer
1981Isabel's Choice as Lyman Jones
1981Golden Gate as Thomas J. Kingsley
1981Endless Love as Arthur
1981Some Call Them ... Freaks as Host (Self)
1980Angel on My Shoulder as Nick
1979The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke as Narrator/St. Luke
1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Mr. Dunn
1977The Andros Targets as Rev. Ellis
1976The Macahans as Timothy Macahan
1975Medical Story
1975Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
1974The Little Prince as The Pilot
1974Give me liberty as Robertson
1972Jigsaw as DA Dan Bellington
1971All the Way Home as Jay Follet
1971Murder Once Removed as Frank Manning
1971Columbo as Mark Halperin
1971Cannon
1971Incident in San Francisco as Robert Harmon
1971Great Performances as Self
1971Great Performances as Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970Night Gallery as Ralph Burke
1970a.k.a. Cassius Clay as Self
1970The Ceremony of Innocence as King Ethelred
1969Night Gallery as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
1969Medical Center as Dr. Thomas Patton
1969The New People
1969Pendulum as Woodrow Wilson King
1968The Mod Squad as Vincent Warren
1968Hawaii Five-O as Sam Patton
1968The Name of the Game as Arlen McKittrick
1968The Name of the Game as Dr. Judson Strode
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1967The Danny Thomas Hour
1967Judd for the Defense
1967Garrison's Gorillas
1965The F.B.I. as John Streyer
1965The F.B.I. as Dr. Herbert Barth
1965The F.B.I. as Frederic Oliver Scott
1965National Geographic Specials as Narrator
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lou Franklin
1963The Great Adventure as Col. Edwin L. Drake
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Derry
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Ben Casey
1961Dr. Kildare as Fred Carroll
1961Cain's Hundred as Doug Crawford
1961The Defenders as George Helber
1961The Defenders as Acting Governor White
1961The Defenders as Harvey Slaughter
1959Bonanza as Sheriff Gideon Yates
1958The Power of the Resurrection as Peter
1957Spanish Affair as Merritt Blake
1957Homeward Borne as Bob Lyttleton
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Winner
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Harry Adams
1955Gunsmoke as Lewis Stark
1955Gunsmoke as Tom Lynott
1955Gunsmoke as Bohannan
1955Gunsmoke as Will Stambridge
1955The Phenix City Story as John Patterson
1955Blackboard Jungle as Joshua Y. Edwards
1955Patterns as Fred Staples
1954Climax! as Charley Kincaid
1953Kraft Television Theatre
1953Medallion Theatre
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953Pickup on South Street as Joey
1953General Electric Theater
1952Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Coke
1952Omnibus
1952Omnibus as Actor
1952Omnibus as The Prosecuting Attorney
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Walter Crandall
1952The Sniper as James G. Kent
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jay Follet
1951The Mob as Tom Clancy
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1950Lux Video Theatre as Dan
1950Danger
1950The Web
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949Suspense
1949Suspense as Webb Wilson
1948Studio One as Joe
1948Studio One as Edward Dean
1948Studio One as Fred Baxter
1948Studio One
1948Studio One as Jim Colton
1948Studio One as Calvin
1948Studio One as Julian Hurst
1948Studio One as Ralph Johnson
1948Studio One as Merrick
1948Studio One as Richard Baker
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947Kraft Television Theatre
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Fred Staples
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Frederick Banting
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Artaban
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Hacker
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—National Geographic's Rain Forest as Self - Narrator