Richard Kiley is an American actor known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'Patch Adams' belongs on any short list of his work. It began in 1951, at the age of 29. The career now covers more than 75 years. 'Jurassic Park' is where the largest audience met him. He won the Emmy for 'A Year in the Life'.
Richard Kiley
76 years (Mar 31, 1922 – Mar 5, 1999)Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Richard Kiley is an American actor known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'Patch Adams' belongs on any short list of his work. It began in 1951, at the age of 29. The career now covers more than 75 years. 'Jurassic Park' is where the largest audience met him. He won the Emmy for 'A Year in the Life'.
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).