Acting

Richard Kiley

Born 1922-03-31 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died 1999-03-05

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).

Credits

Newest first

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
2004
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
as Narrator (voice)
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Joey (archive footage)
2002
Heroes of Horror
as Narrator
2001
Searching for Lost Worlds
as narrator
1999
Blue Moon
as Jimmy Keating
1999
Patch Adams
as Dr. Titan
1998
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
as Host
1998
Wolves at Our Door
as Narrator
1997
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Narrator
1997
The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Ally McBeal
as Seymore Little
1997
Time to Say Goodbye?
as Dr. Gerald Klooster
1997
Tigers of the Snow
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Narrator
1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
1997
Mary & Tim
as Ron Melville
1996
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Frank Dougherty
1996
Phenomenon
as Dr. Wellin
1996
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
as Narrator
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Narrator
1995
Secrets
as Dr. Will Berter
1995
The Great Defender
1995
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
as Self - Narrator
1995
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
as Earl Clayburn
1994
Christy
as Dr. Ferrand
1994
Mysteries of the Bible
1994
The Visual Bible: Matthew
as Matthew
1993
Jurassic Park
as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Seyetik
1993
Mysteries Underground
as Self - Narrator
1992
Mastergate
as Archer Bowman
1992
Picket Fences
as Hayden Langston
1992
Giant Bears of Kodiak Island
as Narrator
1992
Absolute Strangers
as Dr. RJ Cannon
1991
Separate but Equal
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
1991
Separate but Equal
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
1991
National Geographic: Splendid Stones
as Narrator
1991
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
as Chalk Brighton
1990
Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
1990
Aladdin
as The Magician
1990
The Final Days
as J. Fred Buzhardt
1989
To The Limit
as Narrator
1989
My First Love
as Sam Morrissey
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Narrator
1988
Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime
as Narrator
1988
Australia's Aborigines
as Narrator
1988
National Geographic: White Wolf
as Narrator (voice)
1988
A Year in the Life
as Joe Gardner
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Biography
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Lions of the African Night
1987
Treasures From The Past
as Himself - Narrator
1987
A Year in the Life
as Joe Gardner
1986
Howard the Duck
as The Cosmos (voice)
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
as Gunther Hartog
1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Col. Grangerford
1986
Planet Earth
as Narrator
1986
The Twilight Zone
as Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
1985
Do You Remember Love
as George Hollis
1985
A.D.
as Claudius
1985
The Bad Seed
as Richard Bravo
1985
Ballad of the Irish Horse
as Narrator (voice)
1985
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon De Canterville
1985
George Washington
as George Mason
1984
Natural World
as Self - Narrator
1983
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
The Thorn Birds
as Paddy Cleary
1983
Hotel
as Matt Carmichael
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Pray TV
as Rev. Gus Keiffer
1982
American Playhouse
as Announcer
1982
American Playhouse
as Self – Host
1982
American Playhouse
Writer
1982
Isabel's Choice
as Lyman Jones
1981
Golden Gate
as Thomas J. Kingsley
1981
Endless Love
as Arthur
1981
Some Call Them ... Freaks
as Host (Self)
1981
Angel on My Shoulder
as Nick
1980