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Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Birthday: 1922-03-31 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Year
Title

Role

2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II

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

2003
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

as    Narrator (voice)

2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as    Joey (archive footage)

2001
Heroes of Horror

as    Narrator

1997
Time to Say Goodbye?

as    Dr. Gerald Klooster

1997
Wolves at Our Door

as    Narrator

1997
1997
1997
Tigers of the Snow

as    Narrator (voice)

1997
The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden

as    Narrator (voice)

1996
Phenomenon

as    Dr. Wellin

1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

as    Frank Dougherty

1996
Mary & Tim

as    Ron Melville

1996
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

1995
Secrets

as    Dr. Will Berter

1995
30 Years of National Geographic Specials

as    Self - Narrator

1993
The Visual Bible: Matthew

as    Matthew

1992
Mastergate

as    Archer Bowman

1992
Mysteries Underground

as    Self - Narrator

1991
Separate But Equal

as    Chief Justice Earl Warren

1991
Separate but Equal

as    Chief Justice Earl Warren

1991
Absolute Strangers

as    Dr. RJ Cannon

1991
1990
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

as    Chalk Brighton