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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 created 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Kiley has received more than 1,165,489 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Kiley is the 3,246th most popular actor (down from 2,929th in 2019), the 4,886th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,601st in 2019) and the 1,457th most popular American Actor.

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  • 50.79

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Kiley ranks 3,246 out of 13,578. Before him are Gianni Russo, Simon MacCorkindale, Joel McCrea, Raimu, Zelda Rubinstein, and Rolan Bykov. After him are Jonah Hill, Barry Pepper, Michelle Williams, Joanna Pacuła, Carole Landis, and Chris Vance.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Richard Kiley ranks 239. Before him are Võ Văn Kiệt, Mariano Gonzalvo, Carmen McRae, Marlyn Meltzer, Hal Clement, and Evelyn Mase. After him are Blaga Dimitrova, Sabino Barinaga, Micheline Ostermeyer, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Nancy Mackay, and Ruth Roman. Among people deceased in 1999, Richard Kiley ranks 145. Before him are Umberto Maglioli, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, František Vláčil, Rudi Glöckner, Alfred Raoul, and Harvey Postlethwaite. After him are Ruth Roman, Primo Nebiolo, Yevgeny Morgunov, Nilde Iotti, Grete Stern, and Carlos Hathcock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 4,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Seka (1954), Michael S. Hart (1947), Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930), Joel McCrea (1905), Helen Merrill (1930), and Zelda Rubinstein (1933). After him are Jonah Hill (1983), Eugene Garfield (1925), Michelle Williams (1980), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Carole Landis (1919), and Roy Raymond (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 1,457. Before him are Jenette Goldstein (1960), Kristen Bell (1980), Jane Powell (1929), Gianni Russo (1943), Joel McCrea (1905), and Zelda Rubinstein (1933). After him are Jonah Hill (1983), Michelle Williams (1980), Carole Landis (1919), Butterfly McQueen (1911), Joan Blondell (1906), and John Terry (1950).

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