Richard Kiley
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1952–1953
- Schools and movements
- Classical Hollywood
Directors worked with
Biography
Richard Paul Kiley was an American stage, film, and television 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. Kiley originated the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and was the first to sing and record "The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical Kismet, he played the Caliph in the original Broadway cast and as such was one of the quartet who sang "And This Is My Beloved". He also won four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards during his five-decade career and his "sonorous baritone" was also featured in the narration of a number of documentaries and other films.
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Awards and honours
International
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1959
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1966
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 1983
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1988
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series 1994
National / local
- Theatre World Award 1953
2 films on this site
- The Sniper 1952 · Edward Dmytryk · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
- Pickup on South Street 1953 · Samuel Fuller · IMDb 7.6 · Cast