Richard Kiley
- Acting
- March 31, 1922 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- March 5, 1999
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II · Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
- Hugh Hefner: American Playboy · Narrator (Voice)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · Joey (archive footage)
- Heroes of Horror · Narrator
- Searching for Lost Worlds · narrator
- Blue Moon · Jimmy Keating
- Patch Adams · Dr. Titan
- The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City · Host
- Wolves at Our Door · Narrator
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain · Narrator
- The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden · Narrator (Voice)
- Ally McBeal · Seymore Little
- Time to Say Goodbye? · Dr. Gerald Klooster
- Tigers of the Snow · Narrator (Voice)
- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady · Narrator
- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero · Self
- Mary & Tim · Ron Melville
- Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace · Self
- The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime · Frank Dougherty
- Phenomenon · Dr. Wellin
- Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces · Narrator
- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker · Narrator
- Secrets · Dr. Will Berter
- The Great Defender
- 30 Years of National Geographic Specials · Self
- A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story · Earl Clayburn
- Christy · Dr. Ferrand
- Mysteries of the Bible
- The Visual Bible: Matthew · Matthew
- Jurassic Park · Jurassic Park Tour Voice (Voice)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Seyetik
- Mysteries Underground · Self
- Mastergate · Archer Bowman
- Picket Fences · Hayden Langston
- Giant Bears of Kodiak Island · Narrator
- Absolute Strangers · Dr. RJ Cannon
- Separate but Equal · Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Separate but Equal · Chief Justice Earl Warren
- National Geographic: Splendid Stones · Narrator
- Gunsmoke: The Last Apache · Chalk Brighton
- Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
- Aladdin · The Magician
- The Final Days · J. Fred Buzhardt
- To The Limit · Narrator
- My First Love · Sam Morrissey
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man · Narrator
- Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime · Narrator
- Australia's Aborigines · Narrator
- National Geographic: White Wolf · Narrator (Voice)
- A Year in the Life · Joe Gardner
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Narrator (Voice)
- Biography · Narrator (Voice)
- Lions of the African Night
- Treasures From The Past · Self
- A Year in the Life · Joe Gardner
- Howard the Duck · The Cosmos (Voice)
- If Tomorrow Comes · Gunther Hartog
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Col. Grangerford
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Col. Grangerford
- Planet Earth · Narrator
- The Twilight Zone · Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
- Do You Remember Love · George Hollis
- A.D. · Claudius
- The Bad Seed · Richard Bravo
- Ballad of the Irish Horse · Narrator (Voice)
- The Canterville Ghost · Sir Simon De Canterville
- George Washington · George Mason
- Natural World · Self
- Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
- The Thorn Birds · Paddy Cleary
- Hotel · Matt Carmichael
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Pray TV · Rev. Gus Keiffer
- American Playhouse · Announcer, Self
- Isabel's Choice · Lyman Jones
- Golden Gate · Thomas J. Kingsley
- Endless Love · Arthur
- Some Call Them ... Freaks · Host (Self)
- Angel on My Shoulder · Nick
- The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke · Narrator/St. Luke