Anecdotes

Was the original Don Quixote (as well as Cervantes) in "Man of La Mancha".

Won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Musical): in 1959 for "Redhead" and in 1966 for his signature role, "Man of La Mancha". He was also nominated in the same category in 1962 for "No Strings" and, in 1987, as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons".

Had six children: sons David Kiley and Michael Kiley; daughters Kathleen Kiley, Dorothea Kiley, Erin Kiley and Deirdre Kiley.

Attended St. Thomas the Apostle elementary school in Chicago, Illinois.

Introduced the Bob Wright/Chet Forrest song "Stranger in Paradise" (with Doretta Morrow) in the stage musical "Kismet" (Ziegfeld Theatre New York (1953).

Served on the United States Navy during World War II.

He was nominated for a 1987 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actor in a Play for "All My Sons" on Broadway in New York City.

Following his death, he was interred at Warwick Cemetery in Warwick, Orange County, New York. He passed away on March 5, 1999, 26 days before what would have been his 77th birthday on March 31.

Attended and graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois (1939). Attended Loyota University Chicago, but dropped out after one year.

First of only three actors who has been named as a character in a fictional novel, then appeared as themselves in that role in the film. Richard did so in Le parc jurassique (1993). Colin Firth, who had already played Mr. Darcy in Le journal de Bridget Jones (2001), was also featured as a character in the sequel novel, Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (2004). He returned to play both his original character and himself, though the scene in which he played himself was deleted. Paolo Roberto then went on to play himself in Millénium 2: La Fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette (2009).