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Richard Kiley

Actor

Richard Kiley

Born March 31, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied March 5, 199952 films

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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Jurassic Park posterFirst watchJurassic Park19938.0as Jurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Patch Adams poster7.3Patch Adams1998Phenomenon poster6.5Phenomenon1996Pickup on South Street poster7.4Pickup on South Street1953Howard the Duck poster5.5Howard the Duck1986Blackboard Jungle poster6.9Blackboard Jungle1955The Little Prince poster6.9The Little Prince1974Endless Love poster5.7Endless Love1981Looking for Mr. Goodbar poster6.3Looking for Mr. Goodbar1977

Filmography

52 films as actor
  1. 1999Blue MoonJimmy Keating
  2. 1998Patch AdamsDr. Titan
  3. 1997Time to Say Goodbye?Dr. Gerald Klooster
  4. 1996Mary & TimRon Melville
  5. 1996The Rockford Files: Punishment and CrimeFrank Dougherty
  6. 1996PhenomenonDr. Wellin
  7. 1995SecretsDr. Will Berter
  8. 1994A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith StoryEarl Clayburn
  9. 1993The Visual Bible: MatthewMatthew
  10. 1993Jurassic ParkJurassic Park Tour Voice (voice)
  11. 1992MastergateArcher Bowman
  12. 1991Absolute StrangersDr. RJ Cannon
  13. 1991Separate but EqualChief Justice Earl Warren
  14. 1990Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheChalk Brighton
  15. 1990AladdinThe Magician
  16. 1989The Final DaysJ. Fred Buzhardt
  17. 1988My First LoveSam Morrissey
  18. 1986Howard the DuckThe Cosmos (voice)
  19. 1986The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnCol. Grangerford
  20. 1985Do You Remember LoveGeorge Hollis
  21. 1985The Bad SeedRichard Bravo
  22. 1985Ballad of the Irish HorseNarrator (voice)
  23. 1985The Canterville GhostSir Simon De Canterville
  24. 1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
  25. 1982Pray TVRev. Gus Keiffer
  26. 1981Isabel's ChoiceLyman Jones
  27. 1981Golden GateThomas J. Kingsley
  28. 1981Endless LoveArthur
  29. 1980Angel on My ShoulderNick
  30. 1977Looking for Mr. GoodbarMr. Dunn
  31. 1976The MacahansTimothy Macahan
  32. 1975Friendly PersuasionJess Birdwell
  33. 1974The Little PrinceThe Pilot
  34. 1974Give Me LibertyRobertson
  35. 1972JigsawDA Dan Bellington
  36. 1971All the Way HomeJay Follet
  37. 1971Murder Once RemovedFrank Manning
  38. 1971The Swan SongTheatre Actor
  39. 1971Incident in San FranciscoRobert Harmon
  40. 1970The Ceremony of InnocenceKing Ethelred
  41. 1969Night GallerySS-Gruppenführer Helmut Arndt / Josef Strobe
  42. 1969PendulumWoodrow Wilson King
  43. 1958The Power of the ResurrectionPeter
  44. 1957Spanish AffairMerritt Blake
  45. 1957Homeward BorneBob Lyttleton
  46. 1955The Phenix City StoryJohn Patterson
  47. 1955Blackboard JungleJoshua Y. Edwards
  48. 1955PatternsFred Staples
  49. 1953Pickup on South StreetJoey
  50. 1952Eight Iron MenPvt. Coke
  51. 1952The SniperJames G. Kent
  52. 1951The MobTom Clancy