Richard Kiley
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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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha") | HIT | |
| 2003 | Hugh Hefner: American Playboy | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Joey (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Dr. Titan | HIT | |
| 1998 | The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City | Host | HIT | |
| 1997 | Wolves at Our Door | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1997 | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Narrator | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Tigers of the Snow | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1997 | Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1996 | Mary & Tim | Ron Melville | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace | Self - Narrator (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Frank Dougherty | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Dr. Wellin | HIT | |
| 1995 | Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1995 | Secrets | Dr. Will Berter | FLOP | |
| 1995 | 30 Years of National Geographic Specials | Self - Narrator | HIT | |
| 1993 | The Visual Bible: Matthew | Matthew | HIT | |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice) | HIT | |
| 1992 | Mysteries Underground | Self - Narrator | HIT | |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal | Chief Justice Earl Warren | HIT | |
| 1990 | Gunsmoke: The Last Apache | Chalk Brighton | HIT | |
| 1990 | Aladdin | The Magician | FLOP | |
| 1989 | The Final Days | J. Fred Buzhardt | HIT | |
| 1989 | To The Limit | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1988 | My First Love | Sam Morrissey | HIT | |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | The Cosmos (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Col. Grangerford | HIT | |
| 1985 | The Bad Seed | Richard Bravo | FLOP | |
| 1985 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon De Canterville | FLOP | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | HIT | |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Arthur | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Angel on My Shoulder | Nick | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Mr. Dunn | FLOP | |
| 1976 | The Macahans | Timothy Macahan | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Little Prince | The Pilot | HIT | |
| 1971 | Murder Once Removed | Frank Manning | FLOP | |
| 1970 | a.k.a. Cassius Clay | Self | HIT | |
| 1969 | Night Gallery | SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe | HIT | |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Woodrow Wilson King | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Spanish Affair | Merritt Blake | FLOP | |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story | John Patterson | HIT | |
| 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Joshua Y. Edwards | HIT | |
| 1955 | Patterns | Fred Staples | HIT | |
| 1953 | Pickup on South Street | Joey | HIT | |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men | Pvt. Coke | HIT | |
| 1952 | The Sniper | James G. Kent | HIT | |
| 1951 | The Mob | Tom Clancy | HIT |