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).

Filmography

• 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Don Quixote (segment "Man Of La Mancha")
• 2003Hugh Hefner: American Playboy — Narrator (voice)
• 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller — Joey (archive footage)
• 2001Heroes of Horror — Narrator
• 1999Blue Moon — Jimmy Keating
• Searching for Lost Worlds — narrator
• 1998Patch Adams — Dr. Titan
• 1998The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City — Host
• Ally McBeal — Seymore Little
• 1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady — Narrator
• 1997The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden — Narrator (voice)
• 1997Tigers of the Snow — Narrator (voice)
• 1997Time to Say Goodbye? — Dr. Gerald Klooster
• 1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain — Narrator
• 1997Wolves at Our Door — Narrator
• 1996Mary & Tim — Ron Melville
• 1996Phenomenon — Dr. Wellin
• 1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime — Frank Dougherty
• 1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker — Narrator
• 1995Lon Chaney: Son of a Thousand Faces — Narrator
• 1995Secrets — Dr. Will Berter
• The Great Defender
• 1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story — Earl Clayburn
• Christy — Dr. Ferrand
• Mysteries of the Bible
• 1993Jurassic Park — Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Seyetik
• 1993The Visual Bible: Matthew — Matthew
• 1992Giant Bears of Kodiak Island — Narrator
• 1992Mastergate — Archer Bowman
• Picket Fences — Hayden Langston
• 1991Absolute Strangers — Dr. RJ Cannon
• 1991National Geographic: Splendid Stones — Narrator
• 1991Separate but Equal — Chief Justice Earl Warren
• Separate but Equal — Chief Justice Earl Warren
• 1990Aladdin — The Magician
• 1990Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
• 1990Gunsmoke: The Last Apache — Chalk Brighton
• 1989The Final Days — J. Fred Buzhardt
• 1989To The Limit — Narrator
• 1988Australia's Aborigines — Narrator
• 1988Australia's Twilight Of The Dreamtime — Narrator
• 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man — Narrator
• 1988My First Love — Sam Morrissey
• 1988National Geographic: White Wolf — Narrator (voice)
• A Year in the Life — Joe Gardner
• Biography — Narrator (voice)
• 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Narrator (voice)
• 1987Lions of the African Night
• A Year in the Life — Joe Gardner
• 1986Howard the Duck — The Cosmos (voice)
• If Tomorrow Comes — Gunther Hartog
• Planet Earth — Narrator
• 1986The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Col. Grangerford
• A.D. — Claudius
• 1985Ballad of the Irish Horse — Narrator (voice)
• 1985Do You Remember Love — George Hollis
• 1985The Bad Seed — Richard Bravo
• 1985The Canterville Ghost — Sir Simon De Canterville
• The Twilight Zone — Sir Lancelot du Lac (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
• George Washington — George Mason
• 1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
• The Thorn Birds — Paddy Cleary
• American Playhouse — Announcer, Self – Host, Writer
• Hotel — Matt Carmichael
• 1982Pray TV — Rev. Gus Keiffer
• 1981Endless Love — Arthur
• 1981Golden Gate — Thomas J. Kingsley
• 1981Isabel's Choice — Lyman Jones
• 1981Some Call Them ... Freaks — Host (Self)
• 1980Angel on My Shoulder — Nick
• 1979The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke — Narrator/St. Luke
• 1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar — Mr. Dunn
• The Andros Targets — Rev. Ellis
• 1976The Macahans — Timothy Macahan
• 1975Friendly Persuasion — Jess Birdwell
• Medical Story — Mark Kellerman
• 1974Give Me Liberty — Robertson
• 1974The Little Prince — The Pilot
• 1972Jigsaw — DA Dan Bellington
• 1971All the Way Home — Jay Follet
• Cannon
• Columbo — Mark Halperin
• Great Performances — Self, Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1971Incident in San Francisco — Robert Harmon
• 1971Murder Once Removed — Frank Manning
• 1971The Swan Song — Theatre Actor
• Night Gallery — Ralph Burke
• 1970The Ceremony of Innocence — King Ethelred
• Hawaii Five-O — Sam Patton
• Medical Center — Dr. Thomas Patton
• 1969Night Gallery — SS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
• 1969Pendulum — Woodrow Wilson King
• The New People
• The Mod Squad — Vincent Warren
• The Name of the Game — Arlen McKittrick, Dr. Judson Strode
• Garrison's Gorillas
• Judd, for the Defense
• The Danny Thomas Hour
• National Geographic Specials — Narrator
• The F.B.I. — John Streyer, Dr. Herbert Barth, Frederic Oliver Scott
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Lou Franklin
• The Great Adventure — Col. Edwin L. Drake
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Jim Derry
• Ben Casey
• Cain's Hundred — Doug Crawford
• Dr. Kildare — Fred Carroll
• The Defenders — George Helber, Acting Governor White, Harvey Slaughter
• Bonanza — Sheriff Gideon Yates
• 1958The Power of the Resurrection — Peter
• 1957Homeward Borne — Bob Lyttleton
• 1957Spanish Affair — Merritt Blake
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Harry Adams
• 1955Blackboard Jungle — Joshua Y. Edwards
• Gunsmoke — Lewis Stark, Tom Lynott, Bohannan, Will Stambridge
• 1955Patterns — Fred Staples
• 1955The Phenix City Story — John Patterson
• Climax! — Charley Kincaid
• General Electric Theater
• Kraft Television Theatre
• Medallion Theatre
• 1953Pickup on South Street — Joey
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• 1952Eight Iron Men — Pvt. Coke
• Omnibus — Actor, The Prosecuting Attorney
• The Ford Television Theatre — Walter Crandall
• 1952The Sniper — James G. Kent
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Jay Follet
• Tales of Tomorrow
• 1951The Mob — Tom Clancy
• Danger
• Lux Video Theatre — Dan
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Suspense — Webb Wilson
• Studio One — Joe, Edward Dean, Fred Baxter, Jim Colton, Calvin, Julian Hurst, Ralph Johnson, Merrick, Richard Baker
• Kraft Television Theatre — Fred Staples, Frederick Banting, Artaban, Hacker

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero — Self
• 1996Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 199530 Years of National Geographic Specials — Self - Narrator
• 1992Mysteries Underground — Self - Narrator
• 1987Treasures From The Past — Himself - Narrator
• Natural World — Self - Narrator
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1970a.k.a. Cassius Clay — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Singer
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner, Self - Performer, Self - Presenter
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• National Geographic's Rain Forest — Self - Narrator