Acting
Richard Kiley
Born 1922-03-31
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Richard Kiley
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Jurassic Park
1993
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Patch Adams
1998
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Columbo
1971
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
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Phenomenon
1996
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Howard the Duck
1986
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Bonanza
1959
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American Playhouse
1982
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (181 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha") | Movie | 2004 |
 | Hugh Hefner: American Playboy | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Joey (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 |
| Heroes of Horror | Narrator | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Searching for Lost Worlds | narrator | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Blue Moon | Jimmy Keating | Movie | 1999 |
 | Patch Adams | Dr. Titan | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City | Host | Movie | 1998 |
 | Wolves at Our Door | Narrator | Movie | 1997 |
 | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Narrator | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Ally McBeal | Seymore Little | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Time to Say Goodbye? | Dr. Gerald Klooster | Movie | 1997 |
 | Tigers of the Snow | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Narrator | Movie | 1997 |
 | Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | Mary & Tim | Ron Melville | Movie | 1996 |
 | Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Frank Dougherty | Movie | 1996 |
 | Phenomenon | Dr. Wellin | Movie | 1996 |
 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | Narrator | Movie | 1995 |
 | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Narrator | Movie | 1995 |
 | Secrets | Dr. Will Berter | Movie | 1995 |
| The Great Defender | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | 30 Years of National Geographic Specials | Self - Narrator | Movie | 1995 |
 | A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story | Earl Clayburn | Movie | 1994 |
 | Christy | Dr. Ferrand | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Mysteries of the Bible | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Visual Bible: Matthew | Matthew | Movie | 1993 |
 | Jurassic Park | Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice) | Movie | 1993 |
 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Seyetik | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Mysteries Underground | Self - Narrator | Movie | 1992 |
 | Mastergate | Archer Bowman | Movie | 1992 |
 | Picket Fences | Hayden Langston | TV Series | 1992 |
| Giant Bears of Kodiak Island | Narrator | Movie | 1992 | |
 | Absolute Strangers | Dr. RJ Cannon | Movie | 1991 |
 | Separate but Equal | Chief Justice Earl Warren | Movie | 1991 |
| Separate but Equal | Chief Justice Earl Warren | TV Series | 1991 |
 | National Geographic: Splendid Stones | Narrator | Movie | 1991 |
 | Gunsmoke: The Last Apache | Chalk Brighton | Movie | 1990 |
 | Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Aladdin | The Magician | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Final Days | J. Fred Buzhardt | Movie | 1989 |
 | To The Limit | Narrator | Movie | 1989 |
 | My First Love | Sam Morrissey | Movie | 1988 |
 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Narrator | Movie | 1988 |
 | Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime | Narrator | Movie | 1988 |
| Australia's Aborigines | Narrator | Movie | 1988 | |
 | National Geographic: White Wolf | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1988 |
 | A Year in the Life | Joe Gardner | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1987 |
 | Biography | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Lions of the African Night | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Treasures From The Past | Himself - Narrator | Movie | 1987 |
 | A Year in the Life | Joe Gardner | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Howard the Duck | The Cosmos (voice) | Movie | 1986 |
 | If Tomorrow Comes | Gunther Hartog | TV Series | 1986 |
 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Col. Grangerford | Movie | 1986 |
 | Planet Earth | Narrator | TV Series | 1986 |
 | The Twilight Zone | Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Do You Remember Love | George Hollis | Movie | 1985 |
 | A.D. | Claudius | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Bad Seed | Richard Bravo | Movie | 1985 |
 | Ballad of the Irish Horse | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon De Canterville | Movie | 1985 |
 | George Washington | George Mason | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Natural World | Self - Narrator | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Thorn Birds | Paddy Cleary | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Hotel | Matt Carmichael | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Movie | 1982 |
 | Pray TV | Rev. Gus Keiffer | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Announcer | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Self – Host | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Writer | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Isabel's Choice | Lyman Jones | Movie | 1981 |
 | Golden Gate | Thomas J. Kingsley | Movie | 1981 |
 | Endless Love | Arthur | Movie | 1981 |
| Some Call Them ... Freaks | Host (Self) | Movie | 1981 | |
 | Angel on My Shoulder | Nick | Movie | 1980 |
 | The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke | Narrator/St. Luke | Movie | 1979 |
 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Mr. Dunn | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Andros Targets | Rev. Ellis | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Macahans | Timothy Macahan | Movie | 1976 |
 | Medical Story | Mark Kellerman | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Friendly Persuasion | Jess Birdwell | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Little Prince | The Pilot | Movie | 1974 |
| Give Me Liberty | Robertson | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Jigsaw | DA Dan Bellington | Movie | 1972 |
 | All the Way Home | Jay Follet | Movie | 1971 |
 | Murder Once Removed | Frank Manning | Movie | 1971 |
 | Columbo | Mark Halperin | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Cannon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
| The Swan Song | Theatre Actor | Movie | 1971 | |
 | Incident in San Francisco | Robert Harmon | Movie | 1971 |
 | Great Performances | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Night Gallery | Ralph Burke | TV Series | 1970 |
 | a.k.a. Cassius Clay | Self | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Ceremony of Innocence | King Ethelred | Movie | 1970 |
 | Night Gallery | SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe | Movie | 1969 |
 | Medical Center | Dr. Thomas Patton | TV Series | 1969 |
 | The New People | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Hawaii Five-O | Sam Patton | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Pendulum | Woodrow Wilson King | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Mod Squad | Vincent Warren | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Name of the Game | Arlen McKittrick | TV Series | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Dr. Judson Strode | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The Danny Thomas Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Judd, for the Defense | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Garrison's Gorillas | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The F.B.I. | John Streyer | TV Series | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Dr. Herbert Barth | TV Series | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Frederic Oliver Scott | TV Series | 1965 |
 | National Geographic Specials | Narrator | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Lou Franklin | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Great Adventure | Col. Edwin L. Drake | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jim Derry | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Ben Casey | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Dr. Kildare | Fred Carroll | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Cain's Hundred | Doug Crawford | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Defenders | George Helber | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Harvey Slaughter | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Acting Governor White | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Bonanza | Sheriff Gideon Yates | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Power of the Resurrection | Peter | Movie | 1958 |
 | Spanish Affair | Merritt Blake | Movie | 1957 |
 | Homeward Borne | Bob Lyttleton | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV Series | 1956 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV Series | 1956 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Harry Adams | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Gunsmoke | Lewis Stark | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Tom Lynott | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bohannan | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Will Stambridge | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Phenix City Story | John Patterson | Movie | 1955 |
 | Blackboard Jungle | Joshua Y. Edwards | Movie | 1955 |
 | Patterns | Fred Staples | Movie | 1955 |
 | Climax! | Charley Kincaid | TV Series | 1954 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 | |
 | Medallion Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Pickup on South Street | Joey | Movie | 1953 |
 | General Electric Theater | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Eight Iron Men | Pvt. Coke | Movie | 1952 |
 | Omnibus | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 |
| Omnibus | Actor | TV Series | 1952 |
| Omnibus | The Prosecuting Attorney | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Ford Television Theatre | Walter Crandall | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Sniper | James G. Kent | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jay Follet | TV Series | 1951 |
 | The Mob | Tom Clancy | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tales of Tomorrow | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Dan | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Danger | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Suspense | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
| Suspense | Webb Wilson | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Studio One | Joe | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Edward Dean | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Fred Baxter | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Jim Colton | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Calvin | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Julian Hurst | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Ralph Johnson | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Merrick | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Richard Baker | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Kraft Television Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1947 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Fred Staples | TV Series | 1947 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Frederick Banting | TV Series | 1947 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Artaban | TV Series | 1947 |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Hacker | TV Series | 1947 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |
| National Geographic's Rain Forest | Self - Narrator | Movie | — |