Richard Kiley
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Mar 31 1922• Died Mar 05 1999
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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 Pat…
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Columbo
Mark Halperin
Great Performances
Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Seyetik
Bonanza
Sheriff Gideon Yates
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jim Derry
Hawaii Five-O
Sam Patton
Climax!
Charley Kincaid
Robert Montgomery Presents
Medical Center
Dr. Thomas Patton
Studio One
Joe
Dr. Kildare
Fred Carroll
Hotel
Matt Carmichael
The F.B.I.
John Streyer
The Twilight Zone
Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
Cannon
The Defenders
George Helber
Ben Casey
The Name of the Game
Arlen McKittrick
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Lou Franklin
Natural World
Self - Narrator
Night Gallery
Ralph Burke
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Harry Adams
Picket Fences
Hayden Langston
The Ford Television Theatre
Walter Crandall
Kraft Television Theatre
The Mod Squad
Vincent Warren
Suspense
Gunsmoke
Lewis Stark
Ally McBeal
Seymore Little
Judd for the Defense
Cain's Hundred
Doug Crawford
Tales of Tomorrow
The Great Adventure
Col. Edwin L. Drake
Biography
Narrator (voice)
Lux Video Theatre
Dan
Garrison's Gorillas
Christy
Dr. Ferrand
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
The Thorn Birds
Paddy Cleary
The Danny Thomas Hour
Danger
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jay Follet
Medical Story
If Tomorrow Comes
Gunther Hartog
A.D.
Claudius
A Year in the Life
Joe Gardner
Phenomenon
Dr. Wellin
National Geographic Specials
Narrator
The New People
Patch Adams
Dr. Titan
The Andros Targets
Rev. Ellis
Howard the Duck
The Cosmos (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Endless Love
Arthur
General Electric Theater
A Year in the Life
Joe Gardner
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Medallion Theatre
George Washington
George Mason
The Web
The Great Defender
Separate but Equal
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Kraft Television Theatre
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mr. Dunn
The Bad Seed
Richard Bravo
The Sniper
James G. Kent
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Col. Grangerford
The Little Prince
The Pilot
Pickup on South Street
Joey
Do You Remember Love
George Hollis
Blackboard Jungle
Joshua Y. Edwards
The Phenix City Story
John Patterson
Pendulum
Woodrow Wilson King
Mysteries of the Bible
Mary & Tim
Ron Melville
My First Love
Sam Morrissey
The Macahans
Timothy Macahan
Jigsaw
DA Dan Bellington
Separate But Equal
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Mastergate
Archer Bowman
The Visual Bible: Matthew
Matthew
Absolute Strangers
Dr. RJ Cannon
Eight Iron Men
Pvt. Coke
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Narrator
Night Gallery
SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Narrator (voice)
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
Earl Clayburn
The Mob
Tom Clancy
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
Chalk Brighton
Murder Once Removed
Frank Manning
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Joey (archive footage)
Patterns
Fred Staples
Aladdin
The Magician
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Frank Dougherty
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
Pray TV
Rev. Gus Keiffer
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
The Power of the Resurrection
Peter
Secrets
Dr. Will Berter
Blue Moon
Jimmy Keating
Golden Gate
Thomas J. Kingsley
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon De Canterville
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Narrator
The Final Days
J. Fred Buzhardt
Angel on My Shoulder
Nick
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Narrator
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Narrator
Isabel's Choice
Lyman Jones
Heroes of Horror
Narrator
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
Self
Give Me Liberty
Robertson
Time to Say Goodbye?
Dr. Gerald Klooster
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Narrator
Incident in San Francisco
Robert Harmon
Planet Earth
Narrator
Spanish Affair
Merritt Blake
All the Way Home
Jay Follet
The Ceremony of Innocence
King Ethelred
Friendly Persuasion
Jess Birdwell
To The Limit
Narrator
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
Narrator (voice)
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Self - Narrator (voice)
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
Self - Narrator
Searching for Lost Worlds
narrator
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: Splendid Stones
Narrator
Homeward Borne
Bob Lyttleton
Mysteries Underground
Self - Narrator
The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke
Narrator/St. Luke
National Geographic: White Wolf
Narrator (voice)
Lions of the African Night
Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime
Narrator
Tigers of the Snow
Narrator (voice)
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
Host
Giant Bears of Kodiak Island
Narrator
Australia's Aborigines
Narrator
Some Call Them ... Freaks
Host (Self)
Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
Ballad of the Irish Horse
Narrator (voice)
Wolves at Our Door
Narrator
The Swan Song
Theatre Actor
National Geographic's Rain Forest
Self - Narrator
Treasures From The Past
Himself - Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Winner