Kiley, Richard Paul

▪ 2000

      American actor who was the versatile veteran of countless stage, screen, and television roles but was most readily defined by his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Don Quixote in the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha during the play's original run of 2,328 performances, worldwide tour, and revivals in 1972 and 1977; he had previously (1959) won a Tony for Redhead, and he won Emmy Awards for the television miniseries The Thorn Birds as well as for appearances in the TV series A Year in the Life and Picket Fences (b. March 31, 1922, Chicago, Ill.—d. March 5, 1999, Warwick, N.Y.).

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