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Richard Kiley

1922 - 1999

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Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Kiley is the 3,267th most popular actor (down from 3,243rd in 2019), the 5,446th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,886th in 2019) and the 1,537th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Kiley ranks 3,267 out of 13,578. Before him are David A. R. White, Matthew Garber, Shyama, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ricky Bruch, and Rentarō Mikuni. After him are James Russo, Florence Lee, Howard Keel, Akira Takarada, Leo White, and Richard Armitage.

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Among people born in 1922, Richard Kiley ranks 235. Before him are Pio Laghi, Lennart Nilsson, Dorothy Dandridge, Chairil Anwar, Joseph Mermans, and Gerda Steinhoff. After him are Carmen McRae, Hal Moore, Sinan Hasani, Július Torma, Marlyn Meltzer, and Barbara Hale. Among people deceased in 1999, Richard Kiley ranks 142. Before him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jürgen Moser, Rudi Glöckner, Dmitry Likhachov, Maxim Munzuk, and Tamás Mendelényi. After him are Teuvo Aura, Nise da Silveira, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Allen Stack, František Vláčil, and Joshua Nkomo.

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Among people born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 5,446 out of 20,380. Before him are Spencer Johnson (1938), David A. R. White (1970), Michael Freedman (1951), Dennis Lehane (1965), John Lurie (1952), and Rick James (1948). After him are James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), and Murray Leinster (1896).

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Among actors born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 1,537. Before him are Anna Faris (1976), Gloria Foster (1933), Maude Adams (1872), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), Elizabeth Perkins (1960), and David A. R. White (1970). After him are James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), and Eileen Brennan (1932).

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