Richard Kiley
American actor (1922-1999) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Richard Paul Kiley was an American stage, film, and television 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.
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Patch AdamsFilm, Dr. Titan1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerFilm, Narrator1994Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesAward1993
Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries, Seyetik1992
Mysteries UndergroundFilm1990
AladdinFilm, The Magician1988Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesAward
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManFilm, 1988Narrator1985
The Bad SeedFilm, Richard Bravo1983Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward
Natural WorldSeries, 19831981
Endless LoveFilm, Arthur1977
Looking for Mr. GoodbarFilm, Mr. Dunn1974
The Little PrinceFilm, The Pilot1971
CannonSeries1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Sam Patton
Night GalleryFilm, 1969SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe1967
The Carol Burnett ShowSeries1966Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward1965
The F.B.I.Series, John Streyer1961
Ben CaseySeries1959Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward1956
Tony AwardsSeries1953Theatre World AwardAward
Pickup on South StreetFilm, 1953Joey1951
The MobFilm, Tom Clancy1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1922Born31 March 1922People around Richard
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Stanley Kramer Produced The Sniper and Eight Iron Men
Richard Brooks Directed Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Edward Dmytryk Directed The Sniper and Eight Iron Men
Charles Newirth Produced Patch Adams and Phenomenon
Steven Spielberg Directed Jurassic Park (1994)
Franco Zeffirelli Directed Endless Love (1981)
James Mason Also in A.D. and George Washington
Kyra Sedgwick Also in Ally McBeal and Phenomenon
Stanley Donen Directed The Little Prince (1974)
Kathleen Kennedy Produced Jurassic Park (1993)
John Ritter Also in Ally McBeal and Pray TV
Kelli Williams Also in Ally McBeal and Mary & Tim- Robert Parrish Directed The Mob (1951)
Arthur Franz Also in Eight Iron Men and The Sniper
George Schaefer Directed Pendulum (1971)- Phil Karlson Directed The Phenix City Story (1955)
- David L. Wolper Produced The Thorn Birds (1983)
Ric Reitz Also in A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story (1994)
Robert Foulk Also in Blackboard Jungle and The Sniper
Buzz Kulik Directed George Washington
J. Kenneth Campbell Also in Ally McBeal and George Washington
Luis Marquina Directed Spanish Affair (1957)
Tarak Ben Ammar Produced A.D. (1984)
Jerry London Directed If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
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Jurassic Park 1993
Pickup on South Street 1953
Patch Adams 1998
The Little Prince 1974
Blackboard Jungle 1955
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
181 credits on file
Television 24
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About this person
Kiley originated the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and was the first to sing and record "The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical Kismet, he played the Caliph in the original Broadway cast and as such was one of the quartet who sang "And This Is My Beloved". He also won four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards during his five-decade career and his "sonorous baritone" was also featured in the narration of a number of documentaries and other films. At the time of his death, Kiley was described as "one of theater's most distinguished and versatile actors" and as "an indispensable actor, the kind of performer who could be called on to play kings and commoners and a diversity of characters in between."
