Person
Richard Kiley
Acting · 1922–1999 · Chicago, 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).
Known for
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jim Derry
Columbo
Mark Halperin
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Bonanza
Sheriff Gideon Yates
Natural World
Self - Narrator
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Seyetik
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Great Performances
Self
Hawaii Five-O
Sam Patton
Filmography
- 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures IIDon Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
- 2003Hugh Hefner: American PlayboyNarrator (voice)
- 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerJoey (archive footage)
- 2001Heroes of HorrorNarrator
- 1999Searching for Lost Worldsnarrator
- 1999Blue MoonJimmy Keating
- 1998Patch AdamsDr. Titan
- 1998The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy CityHost
- 1997Wolves at Our DoorNarrator
- 1997Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainNarrator
- 1997The Sonoran Desert: A Violent EdenNarrator (voice)
- 1997Ally McBealSeymore Little
- 1997Time to Say Goodbye?Dr. Gerald Klooster
- 1997Tigers of the SnowNarrator (voice)
- 1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadyNarrator
- 1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroSelf
- 1996Mary & TimRon Melville
- 1996Peter Lorre: The Master of MenaceSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and CrimeFrank Dougherty
- 1996PhenomenonDr. Wellin
- 1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand FacesNarrator
- 1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerNarrator
- 1995SecretsDr. Will Berter
- 1995The Great Defender
- 199530 Years of National Geographic SpecialsSelf - Narrator
- 1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith StoryEarl Clayburn
- 1994ChristyDr. Ferrand
- 1994Mysteries of the Bible
- 1993The Visual Bible: MatthewMatthew
- 1993Jurassic ParkJurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
- 1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeyetik
- 1992Mysteries UndergroundSelf - Narrator
- 1992MastergateArcher Bowman
- 1992Picket FencesHayden Langston
- 1992Giant Bears of Kodiak IslandNarrator
- 1991Absolute StrangersDr. RJ Cannon
- 1991Separate but EqualChief Justice Earl Warren
- 1991Separate but EqualChief Justice Earl Warren
- 1991National Geographic: Splendid StonesNarrator
- 1990Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheChalk Brighton
- 1990Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
- 1990AladdinThe Magician
- 1989The Final DaysJ. Fred Buzhardt
- 1989To The LimitNarrator
- 1988My First LoveSam Morrissey
- 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManNarrator
- 1988Australia's Twilight Of The DreamtimeNarrator
- 1988Australia's AboriginesNarrator
- 1988National Geographic: White WolfNarrator (voice)
- 1987A Year in the LifeJoe Gardner
- 1987Grace Kelly: The American PrincessNarrator (voice)
- 1987BiographyNarrator (voice)
- 1987Lions of the African Night
- 1987Treasures From The PastHimself - Narrator
- 1986A Year in the LifeJoe Gardner
- 1986Howard the DuckThe Cosmos (voice)
- 1986If Tomorrow ComesGunther Hartog
- 1986The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnCol. Grangerford
- 1986Planet EarthNarrator
- 1985The Twilight ZoneSir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
- 1985Do You Remember LoveGeorge Hollis
- 1985A.D.Claudius
- 1985The Bad SeedRichard Bravo
- 1985Ballad of the Irish HorseNarrator (voice)
- 1985The Canterville GhostSir Simon De Canterville
- 1984George WashingtonGeorge Mason
- 1983Natural WorldSelf - Narrator
- 1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
- 1983The Thorn BirdsPaddy Cleary
- 1982HotelMatt Carmichael
- 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
- 1982Pray TVRev. Gus Keiffer
- 1982American PlayhouseAnnouncer
- 1981Isabel's ChoiceLyman Jones
- 1981Golden GateThomas J. Kingsley
- 1981Endless LoveArthur
- 1981Some Call Them ... FreaksHost (Self)
- 1980Angel on My ShoulderNick
- 1979The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. LukeNarrator/St. Luke
- 1977Looking for Mr. GoodbarMr. Dunn
- 1977The Andros TargetsRev. Ellis
- 1976The MacahansTimothy Macahan
- 1975Medical StoryMark Kellerman
- 1975Friendly PersuasionJess Birdwell
- 1974The Little PrinceThe Pilot
- 1974Give Me LibertyRobertson
- 1972JigsawDA Dan Bellington
- 1971All the Way HomeJay Follet
- 1971Murder Once RemovedFrank Manning
- 1971ColumboMark Halperin
- 1971Cannon
- 1971The Swan SongTheatre Actor
- 1971Incident in San FranciscoRobert Harmon
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970Night GalleryRalph Burke
- 1970a.k.a. Cassius ClaySelf
- 1970The Ceremony of InnocenceKing Ethelred
- 1969Night GallerySS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
- 1969Medical CenterDr. Thomas Patton
- 1969The New People
- 1969PendulumWoodrow Wilson King
- 1968The Mod SquadVincent Warren
- 1968Hawaii Five-OSam Patton
- 1968The Name of the GameArlen McKittrick
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
- 1967The Danny Thomas Hour
- 1967Judd, for the Defense
- 1967Garrison's Gorillas
- 1965The F.B.I.John Streyer
- 1965National Geographic SpecialsNarrator
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreLou Franklin
- 1963The Great AdventureCol. Edwin L. Drake
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourJim Derry
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961Dr. KildareFred Carroll
- 1961Cain's HundredDoug Crawford
- 1961The DefendersGeorge Helber
- 1959BonanzaSheriff Gideon Yates
- 1958The Power of the ResurrectionPeter
- 1957Spanish AffairMerritt Blake
- 1957Homeward BorneBob Lyttleton
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Singer
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsHarry Adams
- 1955GunsmokeLewis Stark
- 1955The Phenix City StoryJohn Patterson
- 1955Blackboard JungleJoshua Y. Edwards
- 1955PatternsFred Staples
- 1954Climax!Charley Kincaid
- 1953Kraft Television Theatre
- 1953Medallion Theatre
- 1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
- 1953Pickup on South StreetJoey
- 1953General Electric Theater
- 1952Eight Iron MenPvt. Coke
- 1952Omnibus
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreWalter Crandall
- 1952The SniperJames G. Kent
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameJay Follet
- 1951The MobTom Clancy
- 1951Tales of Tomorrow
- 1950Lux Video TheatreDan
- 1950Danger
- 1950Robert Montgomery Presents
- 1949Suspense
- 1948Studio OneJoe
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947Kraft Television Theatre
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —National Geographic's Rain ForestSelf - Narrator
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