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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Patch Adams
as Dr. Titan
1998
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
2004
The Sniper
as James G. Kent
1952
The Mob
as Tom Clancy
1951
Blackboard Jungle
as Joshua Y. Edwards
1955
Phenomenon
as Dr. Wellin
1996
Pickup on South Street
as Joey
1953
The Phenix City Story
as John Patterson
1955
The Little Prince
as The Pilot
1974
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Mr. Dunn
1977
The Visual Bible: Matthew
as Matthew
1993
Endless Love
as Arthur
1981
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
as Self
1970
The Bad Seed
as Richard Bravo
1985
Spanish Affair
as Merritt Blake
1957
Separate But Equal
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
1991
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Narrator
1995
National Geographic: Splendid Stones
as Narrator
1991
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
as Chalk Brighton
1990
Blue Moon
as Jimmy Keating
1999
TV Appearances
The Great Adventure
as Col. Edwin L. Drake
1963
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Columbo
as Mark Halperin
1971
Cain's Hundred
as Doug Crawford
1961
Ally McBeal
as Seymore Little
1997
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lou Franklin
1963
The F.B.I.
as John Streyer
1965
The Twilight Zone
as Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
1985
Hotel
as Matt Carmichael
1982
The Mod Squad
as Vincent Warren
1968
Gunsmoke
as Lewis Stark
1955
Studio One
as Joe
1948