Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born March 31, 1922
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).
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
MovieHugh Hefner: American Playboy
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Joey (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
2001
as Narrator
TVSearching for Lost Worlds
1999
as narrator
MovieBlue Moon
1999
as Jimmy Keating
MoviePatch Adams
1998
as Dr. Titan
MovieThe Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
1998
as Host
MovieWolves at Our Door
1997
as Narrator
MovieVincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
as Narrator
MovieThe Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Seymore Little
MovieTime to Say Goodbye?
1997
as Dr. Gerald Klooster
MovieTigers of the Snow
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAudrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
as Narrator
MovieHenry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self
MovieMary & Tim
1996
as Ron Melville
MoviePeter Lorre: The Master of Menace
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996
as Frank Dougherty
MoviePhenomenon
1996
as Dr. Wellin
MovieLon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
1995
as Narrator
MovieDarryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
as Narrator
MovieSecrets
1995
as Dr. Will Berter
The Great Defender
1995
Movie30 Years of National Geographic Specials
1995
as Self - Narrator
MovieA Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
1994
as Earl Clayburn
TVChristy
1994
as Dr. Ferrand
TVMysteries of the Bible
1994
MovieThe Visual Bible: Matthew
1993
as Matthew
MovieJurassic Park
1993
as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Seyetik
MovieMysteries Underground
1992
as Self - Narrator
MovieMastergate
1992
as Archer Bowman
TVPicket Fences
1992
as Hayden Langston
Giant Bears of Kodiak Island
1992
as Narrator
MovieAbsolute Strangers
1991
as Dr. RJ Cannon
MovieSeparate but Equal
1991
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
TVSeparate but Equal
1991
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
MovieNational Geographic: Splendid Stones
1991
as Narrator
MovieGunsmoke: The Last Apache
1990
as Chalk Brighton
MovieBali: Masterpiece of the Gods
1990
MovieAladdin
1990
as The Magician
MovieThe Final Days
1989
as J. Fred Buzhardt
MovieTo The Limit
1989
as Narrator
MovieMy First Love
1988
as Sam Morrissey
MovieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Narrator
MovieAustralia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime
1988
as Narrator
Australia's Aborigines
1988
as Narrator
MovieNational Geographic: White Wolf
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TVA Year in the Life
1987
as Joe Gardner
MovieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Narrator (voice)
TVBiography
1987
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLions of the African Night
1987
MovieTreasures From The Past
1987
as Himself - Narrator
TVA Year in the Life
1986
as Joe Gardner
MovieHoward the Duck
1986
as The Cosmos (voice)
TVIf Tomorrow Comes
1986
as Gunther Hartog
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
as Col. Grangerford
TVPlanet Earth
1986
as Narrator
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
MovieDo You Remember Love
1985
as George Hollis
TVA.D.
1985
as Claudius
MovieThe Bad Seed
1985
as Richard Bravo
MovieBallad of the Irish Horse
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1985
as Sir Simon De Canterville
TVGeorge Washington
1984
as George Mason
TVNatural World
1983
as Self - Narrator
MovieStarfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
TVThe Thorn Birds
1983
as Paddy Cleary
TVHotel
1982
as Matt Carmichael
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MoviePray TV
1982
as Rev. Gus Keiffer
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Announcer
MovieIsabel's Choice
1981
as Lyman Jones
MovieGolden Gate
1981
as Thomas J. Kingsley
MovieEndless Love
1981
as Arthur
Some Call Them ... Freaks
1981
as Host (Self)
MovieAngel on My Shoulder
1980
as Nick
MovieThe New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke
1979
as Narrator/St. Luke
MovieLooking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Mr. Dunn
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Rev. Ellis
MovieThe Macahans
1976
as Timothy Macahan
TVMedical Story
1975
as Mark Kellerman
MovieFriendly Persuasion
1975
as Jess Birdwell
MovieThe Little Prince
1974
as The Pilot
Give Me Liberty
1974
as Robertson
MovieJigsaw
1972
as DA Dan Bellington
MovieAll the Way Home
1971
as Jay Follet
MovieMurder Once Removed
1971
as Frank Manning
TVColumbo
1971
as Mark Halperin
TVCannon
1971
The Swan Song
1971
as Theatre Actor
MovieIncident in San Francisco
1971
as Robert Harmon
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Ralph Burke
Moviea.k.a. Cassius Clay
1970
as Self
MovieThe Ceremony of Innocence
1970
as King Ethelred
MovieNight Gallery
1969
as SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
TVMedical Center
1969
as Dr. Thomas Patton
TVThe New People
1969
MoviePendulum
1969
as Woodrow Wilson King
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
as Vincent Warren
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Sam Patton
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Arlen McKittrick
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVThe Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
TVThe Danny Thomas Hour
1967
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVGarrison's Gorillas
1967
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as John Streyer
TVNational Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Lou Franklin
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Col. Edwin L. Drake
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jim Derry
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Fred Carroll
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Doug Crawford
TVThe Defenders
1961
as George Helber
TVBonanza
1959
as Sheriff Gideon Yates
MovieThe Power of the Resurrection
1958
as Peter
MovieSpanish Affair
1957
as Merritt Blake
MovieHomeward Borne
1957
as Bob Lyttleton
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Harry Adams
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Lewis Stark
MovieThe Phenix City Story
1955
as John Patterson
MovieBlackboard Jungle
1955
as Joshua Y. Edwards
MoviePatterns
1955
as Fred Staples
TVClimax!
1954
as Charley Kincaid
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
TVMedallion Theatre
1953
TVRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953
MoviePickup on South Street
1953
as Joey
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
MovieEight Iron Men
1952
as Pvt. Coke
TVOmnibus
1952
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Walter Crandall
MovieThe Sniper
1952
as James G. Kent
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Jay Follet
MovieThe Mob
1951
as Tom Clancy
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dan
Danger
1950
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
TVSuspense
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Joe
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
National Geographic's Rain Forest
as Self - Narrator
