Highest rated as cast or director
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).
Acted in 107
2000s
- 2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
- 2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Joey (archive footage)
1990s
- 1999
Blue Moon
Jimmy Keating
- 1998
- 1997
Time to Say Goodbye?
Dr. Gerald Klooster
- 1996
Mary & Tim
Ron Melville
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Frank Dougherty
- 1995
Secrets
Dr. Will Berter
- 1994
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
Earl Clayburn
Mysteries of the Bible
TV
- 1993
The Visual Bible: Matthew
Matthew
- 1992
Mastergate
Archer Bowman
- 1991
Absolute Strangers
Dr. RJ Cannon
Separate but Equal
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Separate but Equal
Chief Justice Earl Warren · 2 episodes
- 1990
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
Chalk Brighton
Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
Movie
Aladdin
The Magician
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
Lions of the African Night
Movie
- 1986
A Year in the Life
Joe Gardner · 3 episodes
If Tomorrow Comes
Gunther Hartog · 3 episodes
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Col. Grangerford · 4 episodes
- 1985
Do You Remember Love
George Hollis
A.D.
Claudius · 5 episodes
- 1984
George Washington
George Mason · 3 episodes
- 1983
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Movie
- 1982
Pray TV
Rev. Gus Keiffer
- 1981
Isabel's Choice
Lyman Jones
Golden Gate
Thomas J. Kingsley
- 1980
Angel on My Shoulder
Nick
1970s
- 1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mr. Dunn
The Andros Targets
Rev. Ellis · 2 episodes
- 1976
The Macahans
Timothy Macahan
- 1975
Friendly Persuasion
Jess Birdwell
- 1974
Give Me Liberty
Robertson
- 1972
Jigsaw
DA Dan Bellington
- 1971
All the Way Home
Jay Follet
Incident in San Francisco
Robert Harmon
- 1970
The Ceremony of Innocence
King Ethelred
1960s
- 1969
The New People
TV
Pendulum
Woodrow Wilson King
- 1968
- 1967
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV
- 1965
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
The Power of the Resurrection
Peter
- 1957
Spanish Affair
Merritt Blake
Homeward Borne
Bob Lyttleton
- 1955
Patterns
Fred Staples
- 1954
- 1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV
General Electric Theater
TV
- 1952
Eight Iron Men
Pvt. Coke
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jay Follet · 1 episode
- 1950
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1982
Appearances37
2000s
- 2003
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
Narrator (voice)
1990s
- 1999
Searching for Lost Worlds
narrator · 5 episodes
- 1998
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
Host
- 1997
Wolves at Our Door
Narrator
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Narrator
The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden
Narrator (voice)
Tigers of the Snow
Narrator (voice)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Narrator
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
- 1996
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1995
Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces
Narrator
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Narrator
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
Self - Narrator
- 1992
Mysteries Underground
Self - Narrator
- 1991
National Geographic: Splendid Stones
Narrator
1980s
- 1989
To The Limit
Narrator
- 1988
Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime
Narrator
National Geographic: White Wolf
Narrator (voice)
- 1987
Treasures From The Past
Himself - Narrator
- 1986
Planet Earth
Narrator · 7 episodes
- 1985
Ballad of the Irish Horse
Narrator (voice)
- 1983
- 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1970s
- 1979
The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke
Narrator/St. Luke
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1965
- 1961
1950s
- 1956
