Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American actor and singer best known for his roles in the musical Man of La Mancha (1965) and the films Jurassic Park (1993), Patch Adams (1998), and The Little Prince (1974).
He was married to Mary Bell Wood and Patricia Ferrier and had six children with Wood.
Kiley died in 1999 at the age of 76 from myelodysplasia.
Filmography
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Film roles
- 1951: The Mob as Tom Clancy
- 1952: The Sniper as Dr. James G. Kent
- 1952: Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Coke
- 1953: Pickup on South Street as Joey
- 1955: Blackboard Jungle as Joshua Y. Edwards
- 1955: The Phenix City Story as John Patterson
- 1957: Spanish Affair as Merritt Blake
- 1958: The Power Of The Resurrection as Peter
- 1969: Pendulum as Woodrow Wilson King
- 1971: Incident In San Francisco as Robert Harmon
- 1971: Murder Once Removed as Frank Manning
- 1971: All The Way Home as Jay Follet
- 1972: Jigsaw as DA Dan Bellington
- 1974: The Little Prince as The Pilot
- 1974: Give Me Liberty as Robertson
- 1975: Friendly Persuasion as Jess Birdwell
- 1977: Looking For Mr Goodyear as Mr. Dunn
- 1979: New Media Bible The The Gospel According To St Luke as Narrator/St. Luke
- 1980: Angel on My Shoulder as Nick
- 1981: Endless Love as Nick
- 1981: Golden Gate as Thomas J. Kingsley
- 1981: Isabels Choice as Lyman Jones
- 1982: Pray TV as Rev. Gus Keiffer
- 1985: The Bad Seed as Richard Bravo
- 1985: Do You Remember Love as George Hollis
- 1985: The Canterville Ghost as Sir Simon de Canterville
- 1986: Howard the Duck as The Cosmos (voice)
- 1988: My First Love as Sam Morrissey
- 1989: The Final Days as J. Fred Buzhardt
- 1990: Gunsmoke The Last Apache as Chalk Brighton
- 1990: Aladdin as The Magician
- 1991: Absolute Strangers as Dr. R.J. Cannon
- 1992: Mastergate as Archer Bowman
- 1993: Jurassic Park as Jurassic Park Tour Voice
- 1993: The Gospel According To Matthew as Old Matthew
- 1994: The Cosby Mysteries as Sears Cushing
- 1994: A Passion For Justice The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Earl Clayburn
- 1995: Secrets as Dr. Will Berter
- 1996: Phenomenon as Dr. Wellin
- 1996: The Rockford Files Punishment And Crime as Frank Dougherty
- 1996: Mary And Tim as Ron Melville
- 1997: Time To Say Goodbye as Dr. Gerald Klooster
- 1998: Patch Adams as Dr. Titan
- 1999: Blue Moon as Jimmy Keating
- 2002: Jesus The Christ as Matthew
Television roles
- 1948-1958: Kraft Theatre as Fred Staples/Hacker/Artaban/Frederick Banting (16 episodes)
- 1950-1952: Suspense as Webb Wilson (4 episodes)
- 1951-1957: Studio One as Fred Baxter/Edward Dean/Merrick/Ralph Johnson/Julian Hurst/Calvin/Jim Colton/Joe (11 episodes)
- 1952: Lux Video Theatre as Dan
- 1952: Celanse Theatre as Lazear
- 1952-1957: Omnibus as The Prosecuting Attorney/Actor (3 episodes)
- 1953-1955: You Are There as Andrew Marvell/Capt. John Montressor/Apollodorus (3 episodes)
- 1953-1961: The United States Steel Hour as Charlie Webb/Scott Malone/Paul Barman/Mark Davis/Capt. Kenneth Wilkins/Capt. Duggan/Lucky (10 episodes)
- 1954: The Ford Television Theatre as Walter Crandall
- 1955: Encounter as Vail Trahern
- 1955: Climax as Charley Kincaid
- 1955: Armstrong Circle Theatre as Sgt. Krenzer
- 1957: The Kaiser Aluminum Hour as David Oro
- 1957: The Alcoa Hour as Peter Melnecke
- 1957-1958: Playhouse 90 as Dr. David Del Vecchio/Bob Lyttleton (2 episodes)
- 1958: Decision as Paul Scott
- 1958: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Harry Adams
- 1958: Goodyear Theatre as Capt. Josiah Newman
- 1961: The Edge of Night as Leland Davis Breckenridge
- 1961: Dr. Kildare as Fred Carroll
- 1961-1964: The Defenders as Harvey Slaughter/Acting Gov. White/George Helber (3 episodes)
- 1962: Cains Hundred as Doug Crawford
- 1962: Alcoa Premiere as Dr. Jonathan Bent
- 1963: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jim Derry
- 1963: The Eleventh Hour as Kenneth Newell
- 1964: The Great Adventure as Col. Edwin L. Drake
- 1964: Ben Casey as Dr. Paul Hamilton
- 1964: The Doctors And The Nurses as Mr. Manning
- 1964: Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lou Franklin
- 1964: Slatterys People as Dr. Robert Kelly
- 1965: The Long Hot Summer as Sen. Jonathan Dane
- 1967: Coronet Blue as Dr. Stephen Courtland
- 1968: Garrison's Gorillas as Frank Keeler/Field Marshal Ernst Donner (2 episodes)
- 1968-1972: The F.B.I. as Frederic Oliver Scott/Dr. Herbert Barth/John Streyer (3 episodes)
- 1969: Judd For The Defense as Barnaby Cutler
- 1969: The New People as Hannichek
- 1969-1972: Night Gallery as Ralph Burke/SS-Gruppenfuhrer Helmut Arndt/Josef Strobe (2 episodes)
- 1970: NET Playhouse as King Ethelred
- 1970: The Mod Squad as Vincent Warren
- 1970: Bonanza as Sheriff Gideon Yates
- 1970-1971: The Name Of The Game as Arlen McKittrick/Dr. Judson Strode (2 episodes)
- 1970-1973: Gunsmoke as Will Stamridge/Bohannan/Tom Lynott/Lewis Stark (4 episodes)
- 1971: Medical Center as Dr. Thomas Patton
- 1974: Great Performances as Introduction Narrator
- 1974: Columbo as Mark Halperin
- 1974: The American Parade as Simpson
- 1974: Cannon as Bishop Michael Harrigan
- 1975: Medical Story as Mark Kellerman
- 1975-1977: Nova as Narrator (2 episodes)
- 1976: How The West Was Won as Timothy Macahan
- 1976: Hawaii Five-O as Sam Patton
- 1977: The Andros Targets as Rev. Ellis
- 1982-1986: American Playhouse as Col. Grangerford/Announcer (2 episodes)
- 1983: The Thorn Birds as Paddy Cleary
- 1984: George Washington as George Mason
- 1985: Hotel as Matt Carmichael
- 1985: AD as Claudius
- 1986: If Tomorrow Comes as Gunther Hartog
- 1986: The Twilight Zone as Sir Lancelot du Lac
- 1986-1988: A Year In The Life as Joe Gardner
- 1991: Separate But Equal as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- 1992: The Ray Bradbury Theater as Doug
- 1992-1994: Picket Fences as Hayden Langston (2 episodes)
- 1993: Tribeca as Winston Hannah
- 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Seyetik
- 1993-1998: Biography as Narrator (12 episodes)
- 1994: Christy as Dr. Ferrand
- 1995: The Great Defender as Jason DeWitt
- 1998: Ally McBeal as Seymore Little
- 1998: Mysteries Of The Bible III as Narrator
Theatre roles
- 1953: Misalliance as Joey Percival
- 1953-1955: Kismet as The Caliph
- 1956: Time Limit as Major Harry Cargill
- 1959-1960: Redhead as Tom Baxter
- 1960-1961: Advise And Consent as Brig Anderson
- 1962-1963: No Strings as David Jordan
- 1963-1964: Heres Love as Fred Gaily
- 1964-1965: I Had A Ball as Stan the Shpieler
- 1965-1987: Man of La Mancha as Don Quioxte
- 1968: Her First Roman as Caesar
- 1971: The Incomparable Max as Enoch Soames/A.V. Laider
- 1972: Voices as Robert
- 1974-1976: Absurd Person Singular as Ronald
- 1976: The Heiress as Dr. Austin Sloper
- 1987: All My Sons as Joe Keller
Short film roles
- 1971: The Swan Song as Theatre Actor
Writer
- 1983: American Playhouse
