Richard Kiley
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Richard Kiley trained for a theatrical career at the Barnum Dramatic School. Just before his World War II service, Kiley played small roles in several Chicago-based radio programs. He relocated to New York in 1947, making his Broadway debut in a 1953 revival of Shaw's Misalliance (which earned him a Theatre World Award). He spent the next two decades alternating in "straight" plays and musicals: his credits in the latter category include Kismet, Redhead, No Strings and, of course, his Tony-winning dual performance as Cervantes and Quixote in Man of La Mancha. In films from 1950, Kiley was often cast as a menace, never more so than in 1953's Pickup on South Street, in which he commits the heinously antisocial act of murdering Thelma Ritter. He was more sympathetic as the alcoholic teacher in The Blackboard Jungle (1955), whose faith in his abilities is irreparably damaged when his juvenile delinquent students wantonly destroy his valuable record collection. On television, Kiley starred in the original 1956 staging of Rod Serlings Patterns and was Emmy-nominated for his work in The Thorn Birds (1983), Do You Remember Love? (1988), Separate But Equal (1990),and his own starring series A Year in the Life (1989). He finally won the Emmy for a 1994 guest appearance in Picket Fences. Ironically, the most successful film endeavor with which Richard Kiley was associated was one in which only his voice is heard; he's the fellow who explains the cloning process in the opening animated sequences of Jurassic Park (1993).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Our Planet Earth |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Passion: The Life of Jesus |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Broadway's Lost Treasures II |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Hugh Hefner: American Playboy |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Broadway's Lost Treasures |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Ceremony of Innocence |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Heroes of Horror |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Fresco |
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— | 1999 |
22% | Patch Adams |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Time to Say Goodbye? |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Visual Bible: Matthew (Jesus the Christ) (The Gospel of Matthew) |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic |
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— | 1997 |
50% | Phenomenon |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Mary & Tim |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Secretos |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Gospel According to Matthew |
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— | 1994 |
92% | Jurassic Park |
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$45.3M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Mastergate |
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— | 1992 |
100% | Chameleon Street |
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— | 1991 |
83% | Separate But Equal |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | The Canterville Ghost |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Gunsmoke: The Last Apache |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Aladdin |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Aladdin |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic: On Assignment |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | The Final Days |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Search for the Battleship Bismarck |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | My First Love |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Mysteries of Mankind |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Rhino War |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Rocky Mountain Beaver Pond |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Lions of the African Night |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Grace Kelly: An American Princess |
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— | 1987 |
14% | Howard the Duck |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | National Geographic: On Assignment |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | World of National Geographic |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Surviving Everest |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | George Washington |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Starfest |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Pray TV |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Isabel's Choice |
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— | 1981 |
26% | Endless Love |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Jesus (The Jesus Film) |
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— | 1979 |
63% | Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Search for the Great Apes |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | The Little Prince |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Give Me Liberty |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Murder Once Removed |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | A.K.A. Cassius Clay |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | Night Gallery |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Power of the Resurrection |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Spanish Affair |
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— | 1957 |
100% | The Phenix City Story |
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— | 1955 |
74% | Blackboard Jungle |
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— | 1955 |
92% | Pickup on South Street |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | Eight Iron Men |
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— | 1952 |
80% | The Sniper |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | P.O.W. |
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— | 1952 |
80% | The Mob |
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— | 1951 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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61% |
Ally McBeal
1997-2002
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82% |
Christy
1994-1995
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82% |
Picket Fences
1992-1996
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91% |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-1999
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No Score Yet |
NOVA
1974
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No Score Yet |
The Twilight Zone
1985-1989
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No Score Yet |
American Playhouse
1982-1996
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No Score Yet |
Columbo
1968-2003
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
Night Gallery
1970-1973
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1965
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No Score Yet |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
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No Score Yet |
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
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No Score Yet |
Playhouse 90
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56% |
The Great Defender
1995
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No Score Yet |
The Thorn Birds
1983
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No Score Yet |
World of Discovery
1990-1997
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Quotes from Richard Kiley's Characters
Arthur: | (to David) I'll tell you something. Seeing you in love reminded me of what it's like. I never thought I could believe in all this a second time. |
Arthur: | I'll tell you something. Seeing you in love reminded me of what it's like. I never thought I could believe in all this a second time. |
Arthur: | No one ever thinks they can forget their first love. But we can. |