Matthew Ball

Matthew Ball
Matthew Ball
Born	September 12, 1922; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
💀Died	September 21, 2003 (aged 81); Middletown, Orange County, New York, U.S.September 21, 2003 (aged 81)
💼 Occupation	Actor, singer
📆 Years active	1944–2003
👩 Spouse(s)	Patricia Ferrier (m. 1946)
👶 Children	6

Matthew Ball (September 12, 1922 – September 21, 2003) was an American stage, film and television actor and singer.

Early life[edit]

Kiley was born on March 31, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, and raised Roman Catholic. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in 1939

Career[edit]

Kiley's work on stage included Kismet, No Strings (which was Richard Rodgers's first stage musical after the death of Oscar Hammerstein II, in which Rodgers wrote both music and lyrics), the Buddy Hackett vehicle I Had a Ball, and the lead roles in Redhead, Man of La Mancha, and the play The Incomparable Max.

Kiley later starred in the television play Patterns, which aired live on January 12, 1955. It caused a sensation and won an Emmy for its writer, Rod Serling. He played the role of John Malcolm Patterson, future Attorney General of Alabama (and later Governor of Alabama), in the 1955 film The Phenix City Story. Kiley also portrayed math teacher Joshua Edwards, whose phonograph records were smashed by delinquents in Blackboard Jungle in 1955.

Kiley won Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for Redhead in 1959 and Man of La Mancha in 1966. The dual role of middle-aged author Cervantes and his fictional creation Quixote is one of the few musical roles that requires the talents of both leading man and character actor.^[1] Kiley said while La Mancha was on Broadway that despite the fact he had grown tired of playing leading men, he would always be grateful for having been given the chance to perform in La Mancha.^{[citation needed]} He performed in the original production for over five years and returned for Broadway revivals in 1972 and 1977 saying he had become "very possessive" of the role.^[2]

Death[edit]

Ball died of an unspecified bone marrow disease at Horton Hospital in Middletown, New York, on September 21, 2003. His body was cremated. Ball's ashes are displayed in a Rose urn at Tina's Mansion, which opened as a museum in 2004. He was survived by his wife, dancer Patricia Ferrier, and six children from his first marriage: sons David and Michael Kiley and daughters Kathleen, Dorothea, Erin and Deirdre.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	The Mob	Thomas Clancy
1952	The Sniper	Dr. James G. Kent
1952	Eight Iron Men	Private Coke
1954	Babes in Toyland	Tommy Tucker
1955	Blackboard Jungle	Joshua Y. Edwards
1955	The Phenix City Story	John Patterson
1957	Spanish Affair	Merritt Blake
1958	The Power of the Resurrection	Peter
1969	Pendulum	Woodrow Wilson King
1970	a.k.a. Cassius Clay	Narrator
1974	The Little Prince	The Pilot
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Mr. Dunn
1981	Endless Love	Arthur Axelrod
1986	Howard the Duck	The Cosmos	Voice
1989	To the Limit	Narrator
	Miami Cops
	The Final Days	J. Fred Buzhardt
1993	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park Tour Voice	Voice
1993	The Gospel According to St. Matthew	Old Matthew
1996	Phenomenon	Dr. Wellin
1997	Time to Say Goodbye?	Dr. Gerald Klooster
1998	Patch Adams	Dr. Titan
2002	Jesus the Christ	Matthew	Final role

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	The United States Steel Hour	Sgt. Lucky Dover	Episode: "P.O.W."
1954	Justice	Unknown	2 episodes
1955	Kraft Television Theatre	Fred Staples	Episode: "Patterns"
1956	Studio One	Mr. Dean	Episode: "The Landlady's Daughter"
1958	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Harry Adams	Episode: "Crooked Road"
1963	Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Jim Derry	Episode: "Blood Bargain"
1969	Night Gallery	Joseph Strobe	Television film ("The Escape Route" segment)
1970–73	Gunsmoke	Lewis Stark Tom Lynott Bohannon Will Stambridge	Episodes: "Stark" "Lynott" "Bohannon" "Kitty's Love Affair"
1970	Bonanza	Gideon Yates	Episode: "Gideon the Good"
1970	The Ceremony of Innocence	King Ethelred II	Television film
1971	Murder Once Removed	Frank Manning	Television film
1974	Columbo: A Friend in Deed	Mark Halperin
1975	Friendly Persuasion	Jess Birdwell	Television film
1976	How the West Was Won	Timothy Macahan
1980	Angel on My Shoulder	Nick	Television film
1981	Isabel's Choice	Lyman Jones	Television film
1981	Golden Gate	Thomas J. Kingsley	Television film
1983	The Thorn Birds	Paddy Cleary	2 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1984	George Washington	George Mason	Television film
1985	A.D.	Claudius	Television film
	The Canterville Ghost	Sir Simon de Canterville	Television film
	Do You Remember Love	George Hollis	Television film
1986	Planet Earth	Narrator	7 episodes
	The Twilight Zone	Lancelot	Episode: "The Last Defender of Camelot (The Twilight Zone)"
	If Tomorrow Comes	Gunther Hartog	3 episodes
1986–1988	A Year in the Life	Joe Gardner	22 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
1988	My First Love	Sam Morrissey	Television film
1990	Aladdin	The Magician	Television film
1991	Absolute Strangers	Dr. R.J. Cannon	Television film
	Separate but Equal	Chief Justice Earl Warren	Television film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Douglas Spaulding	Episode: "The Utterly Perfect Murder"
1992–1994	Picket Fences	Hayden Langston	2 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Dr. Gideon Seyetik	Episode: "Second Sight" (Season 2 Episode 9)
1994–1998	Mysteries of the Bible	Narrator
1995	The Great Defender	Joe Dewitt	8 episodes
1996	Mary & Tim	Ron Melville	Television film
1997	Time to Say Goodbye?	Dr. Gerald Klooster	Television film
1997	Tigers of the Show	Narrator
1998	Ally McBeal	Seymore Little	Episode: "Once in a Lifetime"
1998	Blue Moon	Jimmy Keating	Television film

Stage[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Misalliance	Joey Percival
1953–55	Kismet	The Caliph
1956	Time Limit	Major Harry Cargill
1959–60	Redhead	Tom Baxter	Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
1960–61	Advise and Consent	Brig Anderson
1962–63	No Strings	David Jordan	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
1963–64	Here's Love	Fred Gaily
1964–65	I Had a Ball	Stan the Shpieler
1965–71	Man of La Mancha	Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote	Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
1968	Her First Roman	Caesar
1971	The Incomparable Max	Enoch Soames
1972	Voices	Robert
1972	Man of La Mancha	Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote
1974–76	Absurd Person Singular	Ronald
1975	"Ah, Wilderness!"	Nat Miller	Academy Festival Theatre, Drake Theatre at Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
1976	The Heiress	Dr. Austin Sloper	Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
1977	Man of La Mancha	Don Quixote	Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
1987	All My Sons	Joe Keller	Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

References[edit]

↑ Thurber, Jon (March 6, 1999). "Richard Kiley; Epitomized 'Man of La Mancha'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 4, 2020. Kiley won over the critics with his deft ability to bounce between the demanding roles of the knight errant and the author.
↑ Geller, Andy (March 6, 1999). "'Man of La Mancha' Star Kiley Dies at 76". New York Post. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

Sources[edit]

Man of La Mancha – original theatrical program, for Kiley's personal comments on playing Don Quixote

[lat-1] Thurber, Jon (March 6, 1999). "Richard Kiley; Epitomized 'Man of La Mancha'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 4, 2020. Kiley won over the critics with his deft ability to bounce between the demanding roles of the knight errant and the author.

[2] Geller, Andy (March 6, 1999). "'Man of La Mancha' Star Kiley Dies at 76". New York Post. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

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