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| name = Keir Dullea
| image = Keir Dullea Denver Pyle 1962 (cropped).JPG
| image = Keir Dullea Denver Pyle 1962 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Dullea in ''[[Kraft Mystery Theatre]]'''s "Cry Ruin" (1962)
| caption = Dullea in ''[[Kraft Mystery Theatre]]'''s "Cry Ruin" (1962)
| birth_name = Keir Atwood Dullea
| birth_name = Keir Atwood Dullea
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|5|30}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|5|30}}
| birth_place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
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| yearsactive = 1960–present
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'''Keir Atwood Dullea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪər|_|d|ʊ|ˈ|l|eɪ}}; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor.<ref>{{cite news| title=Keir Dullea| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/20475/Keir-Dullea/biography| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221104557/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/20475/Keir-Dullea/biography| url-status=dead| department=Movies & TV Dept.| work=[[The New York Times]]| first=Hal| last=Erickson| author-link=Hal Erickson (author)| date=December 21, 2012| archive-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> He played astronaut [[Space Odyssey#Characters#Dr. David "Dave" Bowman|David Bowman]] in the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' and its 1984 sequel, ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''. His other film roles include ''[[David and Lisa]]'' (1962), ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965) and ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite news |title=Screen: Murky Whodunit; 'Black Christmas' Is at Local Theaters |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 1975 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E12F63E5C1A7493C2AB178BD95F418785F9 |access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> Dullea studied acting at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] in New York City. He has also performed on stage in New York City and in regional theaters; he has said that, despite being more recognized for his film work, he prefers the stage.<ref name="NYT 20070408" />
'''Keir Atwood Dullea''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪər|_|d|ʊ|ˈ|l|eɪ}}; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=December 21, 2012 |title=Keir Dullea |work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Movies & TV Dept. |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/20475/Keir-Dullea/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221104557/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/20475/Keir-Dullea/biography |archive-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> He is best known for his portrayal of astronaut [[Space Odyssey#Characters|David Bowman]] in the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' and its 1984 sequel, ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''. His other film roles include ''[[David and Lisa]]'' (1962), ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965) and ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite news |date=October 20, 1975 |title=Screen: Murky Whodunit; 'Black Christmas' Is at Local Theaters |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html |access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> Dullea studied acting at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] in New York City. He has also performed on stage in New York City and in regional theaters; he has said that, despite being more recognized for his film work, he prefers the stage.<ref name="NYT 20070408">{{cite news |last=Nash |first=Margo |date=April 8, 2007 |title=After 50 Years in Acting, Fully Relaxed in His Craft |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08ctpeople.html |access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Dullea was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], the son of Margaret (née Ruttan) and Robert Dullea. His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father was a second-generation [[Irish-American]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2011/07/space_man_keir_dullea_star_of.html |title=Space Man: Keir Dullea, star of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 20-plus other films, comes to the Cinematheque for {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|restrospective}} |date=July 9, 2011 |first=Clint |last=O'Connor |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |location=[[Cleveland]] |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Keir Dullea Biography (1936-) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Keir-Dullea.html |website=Filmreference.com |access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref> He was raised in the [[Greenwich Village]] section of New York City, where his parents ran a bookstore. He graduated from [[George School]] in Pennsylvania, attended [[Rutgers University]] and [[San Francisco State University]], then pursued an acting career.<ref name="NYT 20070408">{{cite news |title=After 50 Years in Acting, Fully Relaxed in His Craft | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08ctpeople.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 8, 2007 |access-date=March 30, 2009 |first=Margo |last=Nash}}</ref><ref name="young">{{cite news |title=YOUNG 'DAVID' IN THE DEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE: Western Exposure Onward and Upward |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/12/archives/young-david-in-the-den-of-makebelieve-western-exposure-onward-and.html?searchResultPosition=1 |first=Howard |last=Thompson |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 12, 1963 |page=X7 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Keir Atwood Dullea was born on May 30, 1936,<ref>{{cite news |title=Famous birthdays for May 30: Wynonna Judd, Sean Giambrone |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2024/05/30/Famous-birthdays-for-May-30-Wynonna-Judd-Sean-Giambrone/1601717034261/ |access-date=June 21, 2024 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=May 30, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> at the [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], the son of Margaret (née Ruttan) and Robert Dullea. His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father was a second-generation [[Irish-American]].<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Clint |date=July 9, 2011 |title=Space Man: Keir Dullea, star of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 20-plus other films, comes to the Cinematheque for {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|restrospective}} |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |location=[[Cleveland]] |url=https://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2011/07/space_man_keir_dullea_star_of.html |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Keir Dullea Biography (1936-) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Keir-Dullea.html |access-date=March 30, 2009 |website=Filmreference.com}}</ref> He was raised in the [[Greenwich Village]] section of New York City, where his parents ran a bookstore. He graduated from [[George School]] in Pennsylvania, attended [[Rutgers University]] and [[San Francisco State University]], then pursued an acting career.<ref name="NYT 20070408" /><ref name="young">{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=May 12, 1963 |title=YOUNG 'DAVID' IN THE DEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE: Western Exposure Onward and Upward |page=X7 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/12/archives/young-david-in-the-den-of-makebelieve-western-exposure-onward-and.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Dullea made his debut in a television adaptation of ''[[Mrs. Miniver (1960 film)|Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1960) with [[Maureen O'Hara]], playing the German pilot. He was also in the TV films ''[[Give Us Barabbas!]]'' (1961) and an adaptation of ''[[All Summer Long (play)|All Summer Long]]'' (1961).<ref>{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Hal |date=November 28, 1962 |title=Teen Idol Dullea Likes His Image |page=C19 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102549518/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> He was in demand for guest appearances on television shows such as ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]'', ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' and ''[[Cain's Hundred]]''. Dullea made his film debut in 1961 in ''[[Hoodlum Priest (film)|Hoodlum Priest]]'', cast on the strength of his work on ''Route 66''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiler |first1=A. H. |date=April 3, 1961 |title=Hoodlum Priest |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E6D81F3CE13ABC4B53DFB266838A679EDE |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His performance was well received. [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Walt Disney Productions|Disney]] offered long-term contracts (roles in ''Two Weeks in Another Town'' and ''Bon Voyage'') but Dullea turned both down. He did accept a non-exclusive contract with [[Seven Arts Productions|Seven Arts]] and shot a pilot for a series that was not picked up.<ref>{{cite news |last=Beene |first=Wally |date=December 22, 1963 |title=Keir's Haircut Was a Success Shortcut |page=Calendar 13 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102549821/the-los-angeles-times/}}</ref><ref name="young" /> He appeared in Los Angeles on stage in ''The Short Happy Life''.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 1, 1961 |title=Play Drawn from Hemingway to Open Run |page=M13 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550073/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>


In 1962, he starred with [[Janet Margolin]] in ''[[David and Lisa]]'', a film based on the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D., a psychiatrist who treated the two mentally ill adolescents portrayed in the film. It was a low-budget film that became a break out hit, making over $2 million, and turning Dullea into an established name.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 January 1964 |title=Top Rental Features of 1963 |page=71 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ''Film Daily'' voted him "find of the year".<ref>{{cite news |date=January 11, 1964 |title=FILM DAILY POLL WON BY NEWMAN: Shirley MacLaine Is Named Best Actress of 1963 |page=14 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/11/archives/film-daily-poll-won-by-newman-shirley-maclaine-is-named-best.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> Dullea appeared on television in shows such as ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]'', ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'', ''[[Kraft Mystery Theater]]'', ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]'', and ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'clock High]]''. He was second-billed in ''[[Mail Order Bride (1964 film)|Mail Order Bride]]'' (1964), written and directed by [[Burt Kennedy]]. Dullea starred in the first screen adaptation of [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]' ''[[The Thin Red Line (1964 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'' (1964), then did a TV adaptation of ''[[Pale Horse, Pale Rider]]'' and went to Italy to star in ''The Naked Hour'' (1964).<ref name="young" />
===Early career===
Dullea made his debut in a television adaptation of ''[[Mrs. Miniver (1960 film)|Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1960) with [[Maureen O'Hara]], playing the German pilot. He was also in the TV movies ''[[Give Us Barabbas!]]'' (1961) and an adaptation of ''[[All Summer Long (play)|All Summer Long]]'' (1961).<ref>{{cite news |title=Teen Idol Dullea Likes His Image |date=November 28, 1962 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Hal |last=Humphrey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102549518/the-los-angeles-times/ |page=C19 |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>


In 1965, he guest-starred as Lieutenant Kurt Muller in the episode titled "To Heinie, with Love" of ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]''. He took these roles to avoid being typecast as a troubled youth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hopper |first=Hedda |date=January 12, 1965 |title=Dullea Returns with New 'Image': Once Typed in Psycho Roles, He Escaped in Films Abroad |page=C6 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550448/the-los-angeles-times/}}</ref> Dullea went to England to make ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965), which co-starred Dullea with [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Carol Lynley]], and [[Noël Coward]]. Although they shared no scenes in the film, when Coward initially met Dullea on the set, he uttered the often quoted line "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow." Nonetheless, he was voted one of 1965's "stars of tomorrow".<ref>{{cite news |last=Scheuer |first=Philip K. |date=February 1, 1965 |title=At 70, John Ford Still Makes History: His Next Is 'Seven Women'; Elke New Star of Tomorrow |page=D15 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550628/the-los-angeles-times/}}</ref>
He was in demand for guest appearances on television shows such as ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]'', ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' and ''[[Cain's Hundred]]''.


Dullea played the son of [[Lana Turner]]'s character in [[Ross Hunter]]'s remake of ''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]'' (1966), which underperformed commercially. He then appeared with [[Anne Heywood]] and [[Sandy Dennis]] in the Canadian box office hit, ''[[The Fox (1967 film)|The Fox]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite news |last=Hopper |first=Hedda |date=February 12, 1965 |title=Looking at Hollywood: 'Greatest Story' Called Magnificent Spectacle |page=C12 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550918/chicago-tribune/}}</ref> His first Broadway appearance was in 1967 in [[Ira Levin]]'s ''Dr. Cook's Garden'' with [[Burl Ives]], which only had a short run.[[File:Space Suit David "Dave" Bowman from 2001 - A Space Odyssey (photomontage).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Spacesuit worn by Keir Dullea as [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'']]
Dullea made his film debut in 1961 in ''[[Hoodlum Priest (film)|Hoodlum Priest]]'', cast on the strength of his work on ''Route 66''.<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=The New York Times| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E6D81F3CE13ABC4B53DFB266838A679EDE| title=Hoodlum Priest| date=April 3, 1961| last1=Weiler| first1= A. H.| url-access=subscription}}</ref>


In 1968, Dullea appeared as astronaut [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', which became a box-office success and is recognized by critics, filmmakers and audiences as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest and most influential films ever made]].<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news |last=Adler |first=Renata |date=April 4, 1968 |title=2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) The Screen: '2001' Is Up, Up and Away:Kubrick's Odyssey in Space Begins Run |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His line "Open the pod bay doors please, HAL" is #78 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes|100 film quotes]]. Dullea was offered the title role in the 1969 film ''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'', playing the title role (the [[Marquis de Sade]]). The film was a critical and commercial disappointment. He had success on Broadway, starring in the 1969 hit comedy ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' with [[Eileen Heckart]] and [[Blythe Danner]]. In the play, he introduced the title song written by [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] (later recording the tune on an album for Platypus Records). The play was a huge hit, running for 1,128 performances, although Dullea did not appear in the film version.
His performance was well received. [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Walt Disney Productions|Disney]] offered long-term contracts (roles in ''Two Weeks in Another Town'' and ''Bon Voyage'') but Dullea turned both down. He did accept a non-exclusive contract with [[Seven Arts Productions|Seven Arts]] and shot a pilot for a series that was not picked up.<ref>{{cite news| title=Keir's Haircut Was a Success Shortcut| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102549821/the-los-angeles-times/| last=Beene| first=Wally| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 22, 1963| page=Calendar 13}}</ref><ref name="young"/> He appeared in Los Angeles on stage in ''The Short Happy Life''.<ref>{{cite news| title=Play Drawn from Hemingway to Open Run| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550073/the-los-angeles-times/| date=October 1, 1961| page=M13| access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>


Dullea travelled to London to be in the production of ''Butterflies'' there and decided to stay. He did a series of TV films: ''[[Black Water Gold]]'' (1970), ''Montserrat'' (1971), and ''[[A Kiss Is Just a Kiss]]'' (1971).<ref>{{cite news |last=Kramer |first=Carol |date=December 30, 1969 |title=TV Today: Keir Dullea Shifts Roles in Attempt to Avoid Typecasts |page=A7 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102551148/chicago-tribune/}}</ref> He did a thriller in Italy, ''[[Devil in the Brain]]'' (1972), and guest starred on ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''.
===''David and Lisa''===
In 1962, he starred with [[Janet Margolin]] in ''[[David and Lisa]]'', a film based on the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D., a psychiatrist who treated the two mentally ill adolescents portrayed in the film. It was a low-budget film that became a break out hit, making over $2 million, and turning Dullea into an established name.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Rental Features of 1963|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=8 January 1964|page=71}}</ref> ''Film Daily'' voted him "find of the year".<ref>{{cite news| title=FILM DAILY POLL WON BY NEWMAN: Shirley MacLaine Is Named Best Actress of 1963| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/11/archives/film-daily-poll-won-by-newman-shirley-maclaine-is-named-best.html?searchResultPosition=1| newspaper=The New York Times| date=January 11, 1964| page=14| access-date=May 25, 2022| url-access=subscription}}</ref>


Dullea worked in Canada on the film ''[[Paperback Hero (1973 film)|Paperback Hero]]'' (1973) and worked in that country for a number of years. He had the lead role in a Canadian TV series ''[[The Starlost]]'' (1973) but it only ran 18 episodes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mietkiewicz |first=Henry |date=June 6, 1990 |title=Keir Dullea's career more than movies |edition=FIN |page=F1 |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> He was a regular voice on ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'', which ran from 1974 to 1982. He was credited on five episodes. Dullea was in ''[[Paul and Michelle]]'' (1974) and had a major role in the Canadian production, 1974 cult classic ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' as Peter Smythe, [[Jess Bradford]]’s boyfriend. Also in 1974, he played Brick in the [[Tennessee Williams]] classic ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' opposite [[Elizabeth Ashley]] and [[Fred Gwynne]] on Broadway which ran 160 performances. The production featured the now definitive rewrite of the play. He also starred in the 1975 play ''[[P.S. Your Cat Is Dead]]''. Dullea was one of the last people to see actor [[Sal Mineo]] alive. The two were rehearsing for the play on the night of Mineo's murder.
Dullea appeared on television in shows such as ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]'', ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'', ''[[Kraft Mystery Theater]]'', ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]'', and ''[[12 O'Clock High (TV series)|12 O'clock High]]''.


He appeared in ''Law and Order'' (1976) for TV, the Canadian film ''[[Welcome to Blood City]]'' (1977), ''[[The Haunting of Julia]]'' (1977), and ''[[Three Dangerous Ladies]]'' (1977), the British ''[[Leopard in the Snow]]'' (1977), the Australian ''[[Because He's My Friend]]'' (1978), and some films for TV: ''[[The Legend of the Golden Gun]]'' (1978), an adaptation of ''[[Brave New World (1980 film)|Brave New World]]'' (1980), ''[[The Hostage Tower]]'' (1980), ''[[No Place to Hide (1981 film)|No Place to Hide]]'' (1981), and ''BrainWaves'' (1982).
Dullea was second-billed in ''[[Mail Order Bride (1964 film)|Mail Order Bride]]'' (1964), written and directed by [[Burt Kennedy]].


In 1981, Dullea moved to [[Westport, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nash |first1=Margo |date=April 8, 2007 |title=After 50 Years in Acting, Fully Relaxed in His Craft |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08ctpeople.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref> In 1982, he starred in an off-Broadway production of {{nowrap|[[A.E. Hotchner]]'s}} ''Sweet Prince'' under the direction of his wife Susie Fuller.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Rich |date=September 25, 1982 |title=Theater: Hotchner's 'Sweet Prince' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/25/theater/theater-hotchner-s-sweet-prince.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following year, the couple co-founded the Theater Artists Workshop of Westport.<ref name="NYT 20070408" /> Dullea appeared as a regular cast member in the Canadian soap opera ''[[Loving Friends and Perfect Couples]]'', which ran in 1983.<ref>"No more low profile for Keir Dullea". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 13, 1983.</ref> He was in ''[[Blind Date (1984 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1984) and ''[[The Next One (film)|The Next One]]'' (1984). In 1984, he reprised his role as [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=December 7, 1984 |title=2010 (1984) '2010,' PURSUES THE MYSTERY OF '2001' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E5D9143AF934A35751C1A962948260 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Peter Hyams]]' sequel to ''2001''. ''2010'' was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars1985">{{cite web |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |access-date=October 13, 2011 |website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> In July 1984, Dullea was guest artist aboard the ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]''. On July 11, he performed [[Anton Chekhov]]'s one-act play ''The Harmfulness of Tobacco'' in the QE2 Theatre.
He starred in the first screen adaptation of [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]' ''[[The Thin Red Line (1964 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'' (1964), then did a TV adaptation of ''[[Pale Horse, Pale Rider]]'' and went to Italy to star in ''The Naked Hour'' (1964).<ref name="young"/>


Dullea returned to Broadway when he joined the cast of the successful ''Doubles'' (1985–86).<ref name="double">{{cite news |last=Blank |first=Ed |date=August 30, 1990 |title=Never a dull moment for Keir Dullea |edition=South Sports Final |page=12 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> He toured with a theatre show ''Keir Dullea and Friends'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news |last=Klein |first=Alvin |date=17 July 1988 |title=THEATER; Keir Dullea Stars In Westport Show |edition=Late Edition (East Coast) |page=A13 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/17/nyregion/theater-keir-dullea-stars-in-westport-show.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In 1965, he guest-starred as Lieutenant Kurt Muller in the episode titled "To Heinie, with Love" of ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]''. He took these roles to avoid being typecast as a troubled youth.<ref>{{cite news| title=Dullea Returns with New 'Image': Once Typed in Psycho Roles, He Escaped in Films Abroad| last=Hopper| first=Hedda| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=January 12, 1965| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550448/the-los-angeles-times/| page=C6}}</ref> Dullea went to England to make ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965), which co-starred Dullea with [[Laurence Olivier]], [[Carol Lynley]], and [[Noël Coward]]. Although they shared no scenes in the film, when Coward initially met Dullea on the set, he uttered the often quoted line "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow." Nonetheless he was voted one of 1965's "stars of tomorrow".<ref>{{cite news| title=At 70, John Ford Still Makes History: His Next Is 'Seven Women'; Elke New Star of Tomorrow| last=Scheuer| first=Philip K.| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550628/the-los-angeles-times/| date=February 1, 1965| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| page=D15}}</ref>


In 1990 he said "My career has a lot to do with choices I made in my life. My focus over the last, oh, at least 10 years has been the theater. I really haven't made very much effort with films. I did more than 20 plays before I ever did ''The Hoodlum Priest'', and (after that) I've done more than 20 films... It wasn't as if the industry had fired me; I had just made certain life decisions I suddenly was having to pay the piper for. So there was no film career at all. I'm always working (in theater). If I'm not engaged on stage in something, I'm working with my wife on another project. I no longer live my life waiting for my phone to ring to give me permission to work."<ref name="double" /> He performed in ''The Servant'' on stage in 1990.
Dullea played the son of [[Lana Turner]]'s character in [[Ross Hunter]]'s remake of ''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]'' (1966), which underperformed commercially. He then appeared with [[Anne Heywood]] and [[Sandy Dennis]] in the Canadian box office hit, ''[[The Fox (1967 film)|The Fox]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite news| title=Looking at Hollywood: 'Greatest Story' Called Magnificent Spectacle| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102550918/chicago-tribune/| last=Hopper| first=Hedda| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]| date=February 12, 1965| page=C12}}</ref>


Dullea was in ''[[Oh, What a Night (1992 film)|Oh, What a Night]]'' (1992) and played [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] off Broadway in ''The Other Side of Paradise'' (1992).<ref>{{cite news |last=Stuart |first=Jan |date=March 6, 1992 |title=On the Wrong Side of Paradise |edition=Nassau and Suffolk |page=81 |newspaper=Newsday |location=Melville, NY}}</ref> In 2000, he appeared in ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]'' as Hepburn's father Joseph.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=March 26, 2000 |title=The Audrey Hepburn Story |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/the-audrey-hepburn-story-1200460884/ |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> That year he was also in ''[[Songs in Ordinary Time (film)|Songs in Ordinary Time]]'' (2000), and episodes of ''[[Witchblade (U.S. TV series)|Witchblade]]'', ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law and Order (TV series)|Law and Order]]''.
His first Broadway appearance was in 1967 in [[Ira Levin]]'s ''Dr. Cook's Garden'' with [[Burl Ives]], which only had a short run.


In summer 2002, he performed in the [[WSC Avant Bard|Washington Shakespeare Theatre's]] production of ''[[The Little Foxes]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kilian |first=Michael |date=19 July 2002 |title='Little Foxes' a Big Success for Keir Dullea |page=E6 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102555243/chicago-tribune/ |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> And the following year he could be seen in ''[[Alien Hunter]]'' (2003). In December 2004, for their annual birthday celebration to "The Master", the [[Noël Coward Society]] invited Dullea as the guest celebrity to lay flowers in front of Coward's statue at New York's [[Gershwin Theatre]], thereby commemorating the 105th birthday of Sir Noël. Around the same time, Sony Home Video released ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' for the first time on DVD.
=== Kubrick and Later===


In 2006, he played Andrew Keener in ''Cost of Capital'', which was the 16th episode, of the 16 season of the original ''[[Law & Order]]'' American television series, and he had a role as a US Senator and a "major influence and mentor" to [[Matt Damon]]'s character, in [[Robert De Niro]]'s film ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' (2006). He was the narrator in an off Broadway production of ''[[Mary Rose (play)|Mary Rose]]'' (2007). Dullea was in ''[[The Accidental Husband]]'' (2009), ''[[All Me, All the Time]]'' (2009), ''Castle'', ''Fortune'' (2009), and ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]''.
===''2001: A Space Odyssey'' ===
[[File:Space Suit David "Dave" Bowman from 2001 - A Space Odyssey (photomontage).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Spacesuit worn by Keir Dullea as [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'']]


In April 2010, Dullea performed the role of Tom Garrison in the off-Broadway production of the [[Robert Anderson (playwright)|Robert Anderson]] play, ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' co-starring Oscar-nominated actress [[Marsha Mason]] (as Margaret Garrison) and film and stage actor [[Matt Servitto]] (as Gene Garrison). In October 2012, Dullea performed the role of Heinrich Mann in the Guthrie Theater production of ''Tales from Hollywood'' by [[Christopher Hampton]].
In 1968, Dullea appeared as astronaut [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', which became a box-office success and is recognized by critics, filmmakers and audiences as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest and most influential films ever made]].<ref name=NYT2>{{cite news| newspaper=The New York Times| title=2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) The Screen: '2001' Is Up, Up and Away:Kubrick's Odyssey in Space Begins Run| first=Renata| last=Adler| date=April 4, 1968| url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E6DA1530EE3BBC4C53DFB2668383679EDE| url-access=subscription}}</ref> His line "Open the pod bay doors please, HAL" is #78 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes|100 movie quotes]].


He was in ''[[Isn't It Delicious]]'' (2013) with his wife [[Mia Dillon]], ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]'' (2014), ''[[Space Station 76]]'' (2014), and ''[[April Flowers (film)|April Flowers]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunne |first=Susan |date=July 2, 2012 |title=Keir Dullea To Do Q&A After 'David & Lisa' Screening In Ridgefield |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-xpm-2012-07-03-hc-david-and-lisa-0705-20120703-story.html |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>
Dullea was offered the title role in the movie ''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'' (1969), playing the title role (the [[Marquis de Sade]]). The movie was a critical and commercial disappointment despite a cast that included [[John Huston]].

Dullea had success on Broadway, starring in the 1969 hit comedy ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' with [[Eileen Heckart]] and [[Blythe Danner]]. In the play, he introduced the title song written by [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] (later recording the tune on an album for Platypus Records). The play was a huge hit, running for 1,128 performances, although Dullea did not appear in the film version.

===London===
Dullea travelled to London to be in the production of ''Butterflies'' there and decided to stay. He did a series of TV movies, ''[[Black Water Gold]]'' (1970), ''Montserrat'' (1971), and ''[[A Kiss Is Just a Kiss]]'' (1971).<ref>{{cite news| title=TV Today: Keir Dullea Shifts Roles in Attempt to Avoid Typecasts| last=Kramer| first=Carol| date=December 30, 1969| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102551148/chicago-tribune/| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| page=A7}}</ref>

He did a thriller in Italy, ''[[Devil in the Brain]]'' (1972), and guest starred on ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''.

===Canada===

Dullea worked in Canada on the film ''[[Paperback Hero (1973 film)|Paperback Hero]]'' (1973) and worked in that country for a number of years. He had the lead role in a Canadian TV series ''[[The Starlost]]'' (1973) but it only ran 18 episodes.<ref>{{cite news| title=Keir Dullea's career more than movies| edition=FIN| first=Henry| last=Mietkiewicz| newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]| date=June 6, 1990| page=F1}}</ref>

He was a regular vocal performer on ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'', which ran from 1974 to 1982.

Dullea was in ''[[Paul and Michelle]]'' (1974) and had a major role in the Canadian production, 1974 cult classic ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' as Peter Smythe, [[Jess Bradford]]’s boyfriend.

In 1974, he played Brick in the [[Tennessee Williams]] classic ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' opposite [[Elizabeth Ashley]] and [[Fred Gwynne]] on Broadway which ran 160 performances. The production featured the now definitive rewrite of the play.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

He also starred in the 1975 play ''[[P.S. Your Cat Is Dead]]''. Dullea was one of the last people to see actor [[Sal Mineo]] alive. The two were rehearsing for the play on the night of Mineo's murder.

He appeared in ''Law and Order'' (1976) for TV, the Canadian movies ''[[Welcome to Blood City]]'' (1977), ''[[The Haunting of Julia]]'' (1977), and ''[[Three Dangerous Ladies]]'' (1977), the British ''[[Leopard in the Snow]]'' (1977), the Australian ''[[Because He's My Friend]]'' (1978), and some films for TV: ''[[The Legend of the Golden Gun]]'' (1978), an adaptation of ''[[Brave New World (1980 film)|Brave New World]]'' (1980), ''[[The Hostage Tower]]'' (1980), ''[[No Place to Hide (1981 film)|No Place to Hide]]'' (1981), and ''BrainWaves'' (1982).

===Westport===
In 1981, Dullea moved to [[Westport, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nash |first1=Margo |title=After 50 Years in Acting, Fully Relaxed in His Craft |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08ctpeople.html |access-date=10 January 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 8, 2007| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1982, Dullea starred in an off-Broadway production of {{nowrap|[[A.E. Hotchner]]'s}} ''Sweet Prince'' under the direction of his wife Susie Fuller.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/25/theater/theater-hotchner-s-sweet-prince.html| newspaper=The New York Times| first=Frank| last=Rich| author-link=Frank Rich| title=Theater: Hotchner's 'Sweet Prince'| date=September 25, 1982| url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following year, the couple co-founded the Theater Artists Workshop of Westport.<ref name="NYT 20070408" />

Dullea appeared as a regular cast member in the Canadian soap opera ''[[Loving Friends and Perfect Couples]]'', which ran in 1983.<ref>"No more low profile for Keir Dullea". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 13, 1983.</ref> He was in ''[[Blind Date (1984 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1984) and ''[[The Next One (film)|The Next One]]'' (1984).

===''2010''===
In 1984, he reprised his role as [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|David Bowman]] in ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'',<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=The New York Times| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E5D9143AF934A35751C1A962948260| title=2010 (1984) '2010,' PURSUES THE MYSTERY OF '2001'| author-link=Vincent Canby| first=Vincent| last=Canby| date=December 7, 1984| url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Peter Hyams]]' sequel to ''2001''. ''2010'' was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars1985">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 13, 2011 |website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>

In July 1984, Dullea was guest artist aboard the ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]''. On July 11, he performed [[Anton Chekhov]]'s one-act play ''The Harmfulness of Tobacco'' in the QE2 Theatre.

He returned to Broadway when he joined the cast of the successful ''Doubles'' (1985–86).<ref name="double">{{cite news| title=Never a dull moment for Keir Dullea| edition=South Sports Final| last=Blank| first=Ed| date=August 30, 1990| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| page=12}}</ref>

He toured with a theatre show ''Keir Dullea and Friends'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news| title=THEATER; Keir Dullea Stars In Westport Show| last=Klein| first=Alvin| newspaper=The New York Times| edition=Late Edition (East Coast)| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/17/nyregion/theater-keir-dullea-stars-in-westport-show.html?searchResultPosition=1| date=17 July 1988| page=A13| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1990 he said "My career has a lot to do with choices I made in my life. My focus over the last, oh, at least 10 years has been the theater. I really haven't made very much effort with films. I did more than 20 plays before I ever did ''The Hoodlum Priest'', and (after that) I've done more than 20 films... It wasn't as if the industry had fired me; I had just made certain life decisions I suddenly was having to pay the piper for. So there was no film career at all. I'm always working (in theater). If I'm not engaged on stage in something, I'm working with my wife on another project. I no longer live my life waiting for my phone to ring to give me permission to work."<ref name="double"/>
He did ''The Servant'' on stage in 1990.

He was in ''[[Oh, What a Night (1992 film)|Oh, What a Night]]'' (1992) and played [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] off Broadway in ''The Other Side of Paradise'' (1992).<ref>{{cite news| title=On the Wrong Side of Paradise| edition=Nassau and Suffolk| first=Jan| last=Stuart| newspaper=Newsday| location=Melville, NY| date=March 6, 1992| page=81}}</ref>

In 2000, he appeared in ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]'' as Hepburn's father Joseph.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Audrey Hepburn Story| last=Gallo| first=Phil| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=March 26, 2000| url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/the-audrey-hepburn-story-1200460884/| access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> That year he was also in ''[[Songs in Ordinary Time (film)|Songs in Ordinary Time]]'' (2000), and episodes of ''[[Witchblade (U.S. TV series)|Witchblade]]'', ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law and Order (TV series)|Law and Order]]''.

In summer 2002, he performed in the [[WSC Avant Bard|Washington Shakespeare Theatre's]] production of ''[[The Little Foxes]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title='Little Foxes' a Big Success for Keir Dullea| last=Kilian| first=Michael| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102555243/chicago-tribune/| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| date=19 July 2002| page=E6| access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> And the following year he could be seen in ''[[Alien Hunter]]'' (2003).

In December 2004, for their annual birthday celebration to "The Master", the [[Noël Coward Society]] invited Dullea as the guest celebrity to lay flowers in front of Coward's statue at New York's [[Gershwin Theatre]], thereby commemorating the 105th birthday of Sir Noël. Around the same time, Sony Home Video released ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' for the first time on DVD.

In 2006, he played Andrew Keener in ''Cost of Capital'', which was the 16th episode, of the 16 season of the original ''[[Law & Order]]'' American television series, and he had a role as a US Senator and a "major influence and mentor" to [[Matt Damon]]'s character, in [[Robert De Niro]]'s film ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' (2006). He was the narrator in an off Broadway production of ''[[Mary Rose (play)|Mary Rose]]'' (2007).

===Later career===
Dullea was in ''[[The Accidental Husband]]'' (2009), ''All Me, All the Time'' (2009), ''Castle'', ''Fortune'' (2009), and ''Damages''.

In April 2010, Dullea performed the role of Tom Garrison in the off-Broadway production of the [[Robert Anderson (playwright)|Robert Anderson]] play, ''[[I Never Sang for My Father]]'' co-starring Oscar-nominated actress [[Marsha Mason]] (as Margaret Garrison) and film and stage actor [[Matt Servitto]] (as Gene Garrison).

In October 2012, Dullea performed the role of Heinrich Mann in the Guthrie Theater production of ''Tales from Hollywood'' by [[Christopher Hampton]].

He was in ''[[Isn't It Delicious]]'' (2013) with his wife [[Mia Dillon]], ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]'' (2014), ''[[Space Station 76]]'' (2014), and ''[[April Flowers (film)|April Flowers]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite news| title=Keir Dullea To Do Q&A After 'David & Lisa' Screening In Ridgefield| last=Dunne| first=Susan| url=https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-xpm-2012-07-03-hc-david-and-lisa-0705-20120703-story.html| newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]| date=July 2, 2012| access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>


[[File:Cannes 2018 4.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Keir Dullea with Katharina Kubrick, Ron Sanders, [[Jan Harlan]], and [[Christopher Nolan]] at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]].]]
[[File:Cannes 2018 4.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Keir Dullea with Katharina Kubrick, Ron Sanders, [[Jan Harlan]], and [[Christopher Nolan]] at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]].]]


During August and September 2013, Keir Dullea starred as Big Daddy in ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', playing opposite wife Mia Dillon in a joint production for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.
During August and September 2013, Keir Dullea starred as Big Daddy in ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', playing opposite wife Mia Dillon in a joint production for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. Between July 10-August 2, 2015, Dullea and wife Mia Dillon were joined by Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble and Christa Scott-Reed in the Bucks County Playhouse production of [[Ernest Thompson]]'s ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=10 July 2015 |title=Keir Dullea Enters ''On Golden Pond'', Starting Tonight at Bucks County |magazine=[[Playbill]] |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/keir-dullea-enters-on-golden-pond-starting-tonight-at-bucks-county-com-352974}}</ref>


He had a regular role in ''[[The Path (TV series)|The Path]]'' (2014–16) and could be seen in ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (2018). Dullea was cast as Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood, a high-ranking UNSC officer, in the [[Paramount+]] TV series ''[[Halo (TV series)|Halo]]'' which premiered on {{Start date|2022|3|24}}.
Between July 10-August 2, 2015, Dullea and wife Mia Dillon were joined by Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble and Christa Scott-Reed in the Bucks County Playhouse production of [[Ernest Thompson]]'s ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Keir Dullea Enters ''On Golden Pond'', Starting Tonight at Bucks County |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/keir-dullea-enters-on-golden-pond-starting-tonight-at-bucks-county-com-352974 |magazine=[[Playbill]] |date=10 July 2015}}</ref>

He had a regular role in ''[[The Path (TV series)|The Path]]'' (2014–16) and could be seen in ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (2018).

Dullea was cast as Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood, a high-ranking UNSC officer, in the [[Paramount+]] TV series ''[[Halo (TV series)|Halo]]'' which premiered on {{Start date|2022|3|24}}.


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==Filmography==
==Filmography==


=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|-
|1960
! Year
|''[[Mrs. Miniver (1960 film)|Mrs. Miniver]]''
! Title
|German Pilot
! Role
|TV film
! Notes
|-
|-
|-
| 1961
|1961
| ''[[Hoodlum Priest (film)|Hoodlum Priest]]''
|''[[Hoodlum Priest (film)|Hoodlum Priest]]''
| Billy Lee Jackson
|Billy Lee Jackson
|
|
|-
|-
| 1962
|1962
| ''[[David and Lisa]]''
|''[[David and Lisa]]''
| David Clemens
|David Clemens
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1964
| rowspan="3" |1964
| ''[[The Naked Hours]]''
|''[[The Naked Hours]]''
| Aldo
|Aldo
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Mail Order Bride (1964 film)|Mail Order Bride]]''
|''[[Mail Order Bride (1964 film)|Mail Order Bride]]''
| Lee Carey
|Lee Carey
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[The Thin Red Line (1964 film)|The Thin Red Line]]''
|''[[The Thin Red Line (1964 film)|The Thin Red Line]]''
| Private Don Doll
|Private Don Doll
|
|
|-
|-
| 1965
|1965
| ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]''
|''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]''
| Stephen Lake
|Stephen Lake
|
|
|-
|-
| 1966
|1966
| ''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]''
|''[[Madame X (1966 film)|Madame X]]''
| Clayton Anderson Jr.
|Clayton Anderson Jr.
|
|
|-
|-
| 1967
|1967
| ''[[The Fox (1967 film)|The Fox]]''
|''[[The Fox (1967 film)|The Fox]]''
| Paul Grenfel
|Paul Grenfel
|
|
|-
|-
| 1968
|1968
| ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
|''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
| [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|Dr. David Bowman]]
|[[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|Dr. David Bowman]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1969
|1969
| ''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]''
|''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]''
| Louis Alphonse Donatien, [[Marquis de Sade]]
|Louis Alphonse Donatien, [[Marquis de Sade]]
|
|
|-
|-
|1970
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| ''[[Devil in the Brain]]''
|''[[Black Water Gold]]''
|Christofer Perdeger
| Oscar Minno
|TV film
|-
|1971
|''Montserrat''
|Montserrat
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |1972
|''[[Devil in the Brain]]''
|Oscar Minno
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]''
|''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]''
| Dr. Stevens
|Dr. Stevens
| Uncredited Role
|Uncredited Role
|-
|-
| 1973
|1973
| ''[[Paperback Hero (1973 film)|Paperback Hero]]''
|''[[Paperback Hero (1973 film)|Paperback Hero]]''
| Rick Dylan
|Rick Dylan
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| rowspan="2" |1974
| ''[[Paul and Michelle]]''
|''[[Paul and Michelle]]''
| Garry
|Garry
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]''
|''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]''
| Peter Smythe
|Peter Smythe
|
|
|-
|-
|1976
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| ''[[Three Dangerous Ladies]]''
|''Law and Order''
|Johnny Morrison
| Dr. David Priestly
|TV film
| Segment: The Mannikin
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |1977
| ''[[Welcome to Blood City]]''
|''[[Three Dangerous Ladies]]''
| Lewis
|Dr. David Priestly
|Segment: The Mannikin
|-
|''[[Welcome to Blood City]]''
|Lewis
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Full Circle (1977 film)|Full Circle]]''
|''[[Full Circle (1977 film)|Full Circle]]''
| Magnus Lofting
|Magnus Lofting
| [[ The Haunting of Julia]]
|Released as ''The Haunting of Julia''
|-
|-
| 1978
|1978
| ''[[Leopard in the Snow]]''
|''[[Because He's My Friend]]''
|Eric
| Dominic Lyall
|TV film
|-
|1978
|''[[Leopard in the Snow]]''
|Dominic Lyall
|
|
|-
|-
|1979
| 1983
| ''[[BrainWaves]]''
|''[[The Legend of the Golden Gun]]''
|[[George Armstrong Custer|General George Armstrong Custer]]
| Julian Bedford
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
|''[[Brave New World (1980 film)|Brave New World]]''
|Thomas Grambell
|TV film
|-
|''[[The Hostage Tower]]''
|Mr. Smith
|TV film
|-
|1981
|''[[No Place to Hide (1981 film)|No Place to Hide]]''
|Cliff Letterman
|TV film
|-
|1983
|''[[BrainWaves]]''
|Julian Bedford
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1984
| rowspan="3" |1984
| ''[[Blind Date (1984 film)|Blind Date]]''
|''[[Blind Date (1984 film)|Blind Date]]''
| Dr. Steiger
|Dr. Steiger
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[The Next One (film)|The Next One]]''
|''[[The Next One (film)|The Next One]]''
| Glenn / The Next One
|Glenn / The Next One
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''
|''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''
| [[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|Dr. David Bowman]]
|[[David Bowman (Space Odyssey)|Dr. David Bowman]]
|
|
|-
|-
| 1992
|1992
| ''[[Oh, What a Night (1992 film)|Oh, What a Night]]''
|''[[Oh, What a Night (1992 film)|Oh, What a Night]]''
| Thorvald
|Thorvald
| Released Direct-to-Video
|Direct-to-video
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| rowspan="3" |2000
| ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]''
|''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]''
| Joseph Hepburn-Ruston
|Joseph Hepburn-Ruston
| TV film
|TV film
|-
|-
| ''[[:fr:La Divine Inspiration|La Divine Inspiration]]''
|''[[:fr:La Divine Inspiration|La Divine Inspiration]]''
| [[William Shakespeare]]
|[[William Shakespeare]]
| [[Short film]]
|[[Short film]]
|-
|-
|''[[Songs in Ordinary Time (film)|Songs in Ordinary Time]]''
| rowspan="2" | 2003
|Sam Fermoyle
| ''Three Days of Rain''
|TV film
| Unknown
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''Three Days of Rain''
|Unknown
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Alien Hunter]]''
|''[[Alien Hunter]]''
| Secretary Bayer
|Secretary Bayer
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| rowspan="3" |2006
| ''The Day My Towers Fell''
|''The Day My Towers Fell''
| Harry Gold
|Harry Gold
| [[Short film]]
|[[Short film]]
|-
|-
| ''A Lonely Sky''
|''A Lonely Sky''
| Older Man
|Older Man
| [[Short film]]
|[[Short film]]
|-
|-
| ''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]''
|''[[The Good Shepherd (film)|The Good Shepherd]]''
| Senator John Russell Sr.
|Senator John Russell Sr.
|
|
|-
|-
| 2008
|2008
| ''[[The Accidental Husband]]''
|''[[The Accidental Husband]]''
| Karl Bollenbecker
|Karl Bollenbecker
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| rowspan="2" |2009
| ''Fortune''
|''Fortune''
| Jonah Pryce
|Jonah Pryce
|
|
|-
|-
| ''All Me, All the Time''
|''All Me, All the Time''
| Jake
|Jake
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2012
| rowspan="1" |2012
| ''HENRi''
|''HENRi''
| Henri (voice)
|Henri (voice)
| [[Short film]]
|[[Short film]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2013
| rowspan="1" |2013
| ''[[Isn't It Delicious]]''
|''[[Isn't It Delicious]]''
| Bill Weldon
|Bill Weldon
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| rowspan="2" |2014
| ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]''
|''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]''
| Murray Stuart
|Murray Stuart
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Space Station 76]]''
|''[[Space Station 76]]''
| Mr. Marlowe
|Mr. Marlowe
|
|
|-
|-
| 2017
|2017
| ''[[April Flowers (film)|April Flowers]]''
|''[[April Flowers (film)|April Flowers]]''
| Mr. X
|Mr. X
|
|
|-
|-
|2018
| 2019
| ''[[Valley of the Gods (film)|Valley of the Gods]]''
|''[[Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]''
|The Historian
| Ulim
|TV film
|-
|2019
|''[[Valley of the Gods (film)|Valley of the Gods]]''
|Ulim
|
|
|-
|-
|2022
|2022
|Sonder
|''Sonder''
|Eli
|Eli
|Short Film
|Short Film
|}
|}


'''Television'''
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|-
|1960
! Year
|''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]''
! Title
|Tim Dryden
! Role
|Episode: "Cry Ruin"
! Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| rowspan="4" |1961
| ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]''
|''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
|Paul
| Tim Dryden
| Episode: Cry Ruin
|Episode: "Black November"
|-
|-
| ''[[Mrs. Miniver (1960 film)|Mrs. Miniver]]''
|''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]''
|Elisha
| German Pilot
|Episode: "Give Us Barabbas!"
| [[CBS]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Play of the Week|Play of the Week]]''
| rowspan="4" | 1961
|Unknown
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
|Episode: "All Summer Long"
| Paul
| [[Route 66 (TV series)#First season (1960–1961)|Episode: Black November]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]''
|''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]''
|Frank
| Elisha
| Episode: Give Us Barabbas!
|Episode: "Prime Target"
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |1961–1963
| ''[[The Play of the Week|Play of the Week]]''
|''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
| Unknown
|Don McCabe
| Episode: All Summer Long
|4 episodes
|-
|-
|''[[Alcoa Premiere]]''
| ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]''
|Maples / Lincoln "Linc" Ketterman / Tommy Miller / Eric Green
| Frank
|4 episodes
| Episode: Prime Target
|-
|-
|''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| rowspan="2"| 1961-1963
|Joey Ross / Les Gerard
| ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
|2 episodes
| Don McCabe
| Episode: The Big Splash<br />Episode: The Golden Thirty<br />Episode: Far from the Shade Tree<br />Episode: The Young Avengers
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" |1962
| ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]''
|''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''
| Maples / Lincoln "Linc" Ketterman / Tommy Miller / Eric Green
|Eddie Phillips
| Episode: People Need People<br />Episode: The Tiger<br />Episode:Ordeal in Darkness<br />Episode: The Broken Year
|Episode: "A Very Rough Sketch"
|-
|-
|''[[Cain's Hundred]]''
| 1961-1963
|Alec Benden
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
|Episode: "A Creature Lurks in Ambush"
| Joey Ross / Les Gerard
| Episode: Murder Is a Face I Know<br />Episode: The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree
|-
|-
|''[[Kraft Mystery Theater]]''
| rowspan="5" | 1962
|Unknown
| ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''
|Episode: "Cry Ruin"
| Eddie Phillips
| Episode: A Very Rough Sketch
|-
|-
| ''[[Cain's Hundred]]''
|''[[The DuPont Show of the Week]]''
|Lieutenant
| Alec Benden
| Episode: A Creature Lurks in Ambush
|Episode: "The Outpost"
|-
|-
|''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
| ''[[Kraft Mystery Theater]]''
|Jerry Bullock
| Unknown
| Episode: Cry Ruin
|Episode: "Cry a Little for Mary Too"
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |1963
| ''[[The DuPont Show of the Week]]''
|''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]''
| Lieutenant
|Skip Wade
| Episode: The Outpost
|Episode: "Stopover on the Way to the Moon"
|-
|-
|''[[Bonanza]]''
| ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
|Bob Jolley
| Jerry Bullock
| Episode: Cry a Little for Mary Too
|Episode: "Elegy for a Hangman"
|-
|-
|''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]''
| rowspan="3" | 1963
|Dennis Brady
| ''[[Empire (1962 TV series)|Empire]]''
|Episode: "One Small Unhappy Family"
| Skip Wade
| Episode: Stopover on the Way to the Moon
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1964
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
|''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]''
| Bob Jolley
|Unknown
| Episode: Elegy for a Hangman
|Episode: "The Trouble with Girls"
|-
|-
|''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]''
|Unknown
| Dennis Brady
| Episode: One Small Unhappy Family
|Episode: "Pale Horse, Pale Rider"
|-
|-
|1965
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]''
|''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]''
|Lieutenant Muller
| Unknown
| Episode: The Trouble with Girls
|Episode: "To Heinie, With Love"
|-
|-
|1972
| ''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
|''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
| Unknown
|"Buzz" Simms
| Episode: Pale Horse, Pale Rider
|Episode: "Blues for Sally M"
|-
|-
|1973–74
| 1965
|''[[The Starlost]]''
| ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]''
|Devon
| Lieutenant Muller
|16 episodes
| Episode: To Heinie, With Love
|-
|-
|1975
| 1970
| ''[[Black Water Gold]]''
|''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]''
|Anthony Kirk
| Christofer Perdeger
|Episode: "The James Caan Con"
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
|-
|1975–1982
| 1971
|''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater|Radio Mystery Theater]]''
| ''Montserrat''
|Multiple characters (voice)
| Montserrat
|5 episodes, many uncredited episodes; Radio plays
| [[PBS]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
|-
|1983
| 1972
| ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
|''[[Loving Friends and Perfect Couples]]''
|Unknown
| "Buzz" Simms
| Episode: Blues for Sally M
|-
| 1973-1974
| ''[[The Starlost]]''
| Devon
| 16 episodes
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]''
| Anthony Kirk
| Episode: The James Caan Con
|-
| 1976
| ''Law and Order''
| Johnny Morrison
| [[NBC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Because He's My Friend]]''
| Eric
| [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Legend of the Golden Gun]]''
| [[George Armstrong Custer|General George Armstrong Custer]]
| [[NBC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''[[Brave New World (1980 film)|Brave New World]]''
| Thomas Grambell
| [[NBC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| ''[[The Hostage Tower]]''
| Mr. Smith
| [[CBS]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| 1981
| ''[[No Place to Hide (1981 film)|No Place to Hide]]''
| Cliff Letterman
| [[CBS]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Loving Friends and Perfect Couples]]''
| Unknown
|
|
|-
|-
| 1986
|1986
| ''[[Guiding Light]]''
|''[[Guiding Light]]''
| Dr. Mark Jarrett
|Dr. Mark Jarrett
|
|
|-
|-
| 1989
|1989
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
|''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Jason Reynard
|Jason Reynard
| [[List of Murder, She Wrote episodes#Season Six|Episode: Test of Wills]]
|Episode: "Test of Wills"
|-
|-
|2001
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[The Audrey Hepburn Story]]''
|''[[Witchblade (U.S. TV series)|Witchblade]]''
|Dr. Immo
| Joseph Hepburn
|Episode: "Convergence"
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
|-
|2001–2006
| ''[[Songs in Ordinary Time (film)|Songs in Ordinary Time]]''
|''[[Law & Order]]''
| Sam Fermoyle
|Paul Lyman / Andrew Keener
| [[CBS]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|2 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
| 2001
| ''[[Witchblade (U.S. TV series)|Witchblade]]''
|''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''
|Robert Stanley
| Dr. Immo
| Episode: Convergence
|Episode: "Nice Guys Finish Last"
|-
|-
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| 2001-2006
|Judge Walt Thornburg
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
|Episode: "Justice"
| Paul Lyman / Andrew Keener
| [[List of Law & Order episodes (season 11)|Episode: Hubris]]<br />[[List of Law & Order episodes (season 16)|Episode: Cost of Capital]]
|-
|-
|2009
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''
|''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
|Jonathan Tisdale
| Robert Stanley
|Episode: "Flowers for Your Grave"
| [[List of Ed episodes#Season 2: 2001–2002|Episode: Nice Guys Finish Last]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" |2011
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]''
| Judge Walt Thornburg
|Julius
| [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3)#Episodes|Episode: Justice]]
|Episode: "I'm Worried About My Dog"
|-
|-
|2016
| 2009
| ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
|''[[The Path (TV series)|The Path]]''
|Dr. Stephen Meyer
| Jonathan Tisdale
| Episode: Flowers for Your Grave
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2011
| ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]''
| Julius
| Episode: I'm Worried About My Dog
|-
| 2016
| ''[[The Path (TV series)|The Path]]''
| Dr. Stephen Meyer
|
|
|-
|-
|2020
| 2018
| ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (2018 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]''
|''[[Hunters (2020 TV series)|Hunters]]''
|Klaus Rhinehart
| The Historian
|Episode: "Eilu v' Eilu"
| [[HBO]] [[Television movie|TV-Movie]]
|-
|-
|2022
| 2020
| ''[[Hunters (2020 TV series)|Hunters]]''
|''[[Halo (TV series)|Halo]]''
|Fleet Admiral Hood
| Klaus Rhinehart
| Episode: Eilu v' Eilu
|Episode: "Unbound"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Halo (TV series)|Halo]]''
| Fleet Admiral Hood
| Episode: Unbound
|}

'''Radio'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date!! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| January 6, 1975|| ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'' || ''The Premature Burial''
|-
| January 27, 1975||''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'' || ''A Coffin For The Devil''
|-
| March 18, 1975|| ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'' || ''It's Murder Mr. Lincoln''
|-
| March 19, 1982|| ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'' || ''The Magic Stick Of Manitu''
|-
| March 31, 1982|| ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]'' || ''I Am The Killer''
|}
|}


==Video games==
===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|List of video game appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
Line 582: Line 503:
|-
|-
|2023
|2023
|''[[Starfield (video game)|Starfield]]''
| ''[[Starfield]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starfield voice actors: Meet the Bethesda game cast – from Sarah Morgan to Heller
|Keeper Aquilus (voice)
|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/07/starfield-voice-actors-meet-the-bethesda-game-cast-including-heller-19462891/}}</ref>
|Video game<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starfield voice actors: Meet the Bethesda game cast – from Sarah Morgan to Heller |date=September 12, 2023 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/07/starfield-voice-actors-meet-the-bethesda-game-cast-including-heller-19462891/}}</ref>
| Keeper Aquilus (voice)
|}
|}


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
'''[[BAFTA Awards]]'''
'''[[BAFTA Awards]]'''
*1964: Nominated, "Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" – ''David and Lisa''
* 1964: Nominated, "Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" – ''David and Lisa''


'''[[Golden Globe Awards]]'''
'''[[Golden Globe Awards]]'''
*1962: '''Won''', "Most Promising Male Newcomer"
* 1962: '''Won''', "Most Promising Male Newcomer"


'''Laurel Awards'''
'''Laurel Awards'''
*1963: Nominated, "Top New Male Personality"
* 1963: Nominated, "Top New Male Personality"


'''[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]'''
'''[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]'''
*1962: '''Won''', "Best Actor" – ''David and Lisa''
* 1962: '''Won''', "Best Actor" – ''David and Lisa''


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:14, 25 November 2024

Keir Dullea
Dullea in Kraft Mystery Theatre's "Cry Ruin" (1962)
Born
Keir Atwood Dullea

(1936-05-30) May 30, 1936 (age 88)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1960–present
Spouses
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1960; div. 1968)​
  • Susan Lessons
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1969; div. 1970)​
  • Susie Fuller
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1972; died 1998)​
  • ​
    (m. 1999)​

Keir Atwood Dullea (/ˈkɪər dʊˈleɪ/; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor.[1] He is best known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His other film roles include David and Lisa (1962), Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974).[2] Dullea studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He has also performed on stage in New York City and in regional theaters; he has said that, despite being more recognized for his film work, he prefers the stage.[3]

Early life

[edit]

Keir Atwood Dullea was born on May 30, 1936,[4] at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Margaret (née Ruttan) and Robert Dullea. His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father was a second-generation Irish-American.[5][6] He was raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, where his parents ran a bookstore. He graduated from George School in Pennsylvania, attended Rutgers University and San Francisco State University, then pursued an acting career.[3][7]

Career

[edit]

Dullea made his debut in a television adaptation of Mrs. Miniver (1960) with Maureen O'Hara, playing the German pilot. He was also in the TV films Give Us Barabbas! (1961) and an adaptation of All Summer Long (1961).[8] He was in demand for guest appearances on television shows such as Route 66, The New Breed, Checkmate and Cain's Hundred. Dullea made his film debut in 1961 in Hoodlum Priest, cast on the strength of his work on Route 66.[9] His performance was well received. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Disney offered long-term contracts (roles in Two Weeks in Another Town and Bon Voyage) but Dullea turned both down. He did accept a non-exclusive contract with Seven Arts and shot a pilot for a series that was not picked up.[10][7] He appeared in Los Angeles on stage in The Short Happy Life.[11]

In 1962, he starred with Janet Margolin in David and Lisa, a film based on the book by Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D., a psychiatrist who treated the two mentally ill adolescents portrayed in the film. It was a low-budget film that became a break out hit, making over $2 million, and turning Dullea into an established name.[12] Film Daily voted him "find of the year".[13] Dullea appeared on television in shows such as Empire, The United States Steel Hour, Bonanza, Naked City, Going My Way, The Eleventh Hour, Alcoa Premiere, Kraft Mystery Theater, Channing, and 12 O'clock High. He was second-billed in Mail Order Bride (1964), written and directed by Burt Kennedy. Dullea starred in the first screen adaptation of James Jones' The Thin Red Line (1964), then did a TV adaptation of Pale Horse, Pale Rider and went to Italy to star in The Naked Hour (1964).[7]

In 1965, he guest-starred as Lieutenant Kurt Muller in the episode titled "To Heinie, with Love" of Twelve O'Clock High. He took these roles to avoid being typecast as a troubled youth.[14] Dullea went to England to make Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), which co-starred Dullea with Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, and Noël Coward. Although they shared no scenes in the film, when Coward initially met Dullea on the set, he uttered the often quoted line "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow." Nonetheless, he was voted one of 1965's "stars of tomorrow".[15]

Dullea played the son of Lana Turner's character in Ross Hunter's remake of Madame X (1966), which underperformed commercially. He then appeared with Anne Heywood and Sandy Dennis in the Canadian box office hit, The Fox (1967).[16] His first Broadway appearance was in 1967 in Ira Levin's Dr. Cook's Garden with Burl Ives, which only had a short run.

Spacesuit worn by Keir Dullea as David Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey

In 1968, Dullea appeared as astronaut David Bowman in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which became a box-office success and is recognized by critics, filmmakers and audiences as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.[17] His line "Open the pod bay doors please, HAL" is #78 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 film quotes. Dullea was offered the title role in the 1969 film De Sade, playing the title role (the Marquis de Sade). The film was a critical and commercial disappointment. He had success on Broadway, starring in the 1969 hit comedy Butterflies Are Free with Eileen Heckart and Blythe Danner. In the play, he introduced the title song written by Stephen Schwartz (later recording the tune on an album for Platypus Records). The play was a huge hit, running for 1,128 performances, although Dullea did not appear in the film version.

Dullea travelled to London to be in the production of Butterflies there and decided to stay. He did a series of TV films: Black Water Gold (1970), Montserrat (1971), and A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971).[18] He did a thriller in Italy, Devil in the Brain (1972), and guest starred on McMillan & Wife.

Dullea worked in Canada on the film Paperback Hero (1973) and worked in that country for a number of years. He had the lead role in a Canadian TV series The Starlost (1973) but it only ran 18 episodes.[19] He was a regular voice on CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which ran from 1974 to 1982. He was credited on five episodes. Dullea was in Paul and Michelle (1974) and had a major role in the Canadian production, 1974 cult classic Black Christmas as Peter Smythe, Jess Bradford’s boyfriend. Also in 1974, he played Brick in the Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opposite Elizabeth Ashley and Fred Gwynne on Broadway which ran 160 performances. The production featured the now definitive rewrite of the play. He also starred in the 1975 play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. Dullea was one of the last people to see actor Sal Mineo alive. The two were rehearsing for the play on the night of Mineo's murder.

He appeared in Law and Order (1976) for TV, the Canadian film Welcome to Blood City (1977), The Haunting of Julia (1977), and Three Dangerous Ladies (1977), the British Leopard in the Snow (1977), the Australian Because He's My Friend (1978), and some films for TV: The Legend of the Golden Gun (1978), an adaptation of Brave New World (1980), The Hostage Tower (1980), No Place to Hide (1981), and BrainWaves (1982).

In 1981, Dullea moved to Westport, Connecticut.[20] In 1982, he starred in an off-Broadway production of A.E. Hotchner's Sweet Prince under the direction of his wife Susie Fuller.[21] The following year, the couple co-founded the Theater Artists Workshop of Westport.[3] Dullea appeared as a regular cast member in the Canadian soap opera Loving Friends and Perfect Couples, which ran in 1983.[22] He was in Blind Date (1984) and The Next One (1984). In 1984, he reprised his role as David Bowman in 2010: The Year We Make Contact,[23] Peter Hyams' sequel to 2001. 2010 was nominated for five Academy Awards.[24] In July 1984, Dullea was guest artist aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2. On July 11, he performed Anton Chekhov's one-act play The Harmfulness of Tobacco in the QE2 Theatre.

Dullea returned to Broadway when he joined the cast of the successful Doubles (1985–86).[25] He toured with a theatre show Keir Dullea and Friends (1988).[26]

In 1990 he said "My career has a lot to do with choices I made in my life. My focus over the last, oh, at least 10 years has been the theater. I really haven't made very much effort with films. I did more than 20 plays before I ever did The Hoodlum Priest, and (after that) I've done more than 20 films... It wasn't as if the industry had fired me; I had just made certain life decisions I suddenly was having to pay the piper for. So there was no film career at all. I'm always working (in theater). If I'm not engaged on stage in something, I'm working with my wife on another project. I no longer live my life waiting for my phone to ring to give me permission to work."[25] He performed in The Servant on stage in 1990.

Dullea was in Oh, What a Night (1992) and played F. Scott Fitzgerald off Broadway in The Other Side of Paradise (1992).[27] In 2000, he appeared in The Audrey Hepburn Story as Hepburn's father Joseph.[28] That year he was also in Songs in Ordinary Time (2000), and episodes of Witchblade, Ed, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law and Order.

In summer 2002, he performed in the Washington Shakespeare Theatre's production of The Little Foxes.[29] And the following year he could be seen in Alien Hunter (2003). In December 2004, for their annual birthday celebration to "The Master", the Noël Coward Society invited Dullea as the guest celebrity to lay flowers in front of Coward's statue at New York's Gershwin Theatre, thereby commemorating the 105th birthday of Sir Noël. Around the same time, Sony Home Video released Bunny Lake Is Missing for the first time on DVD.

In 2006, he played Andrew Keener in Cost of Capital, which was the 16th episode, of the 16 season of the original Law & Order American television series, and he had a role as a US Senator and a "major influence and mentor" to Matt Damon's character, in Robert De Niro's film The Good Shepherd (2006). He was the narrator in an off Broadway production of Mary Rose (2007). Dullea was in The Accidental Husband (2009), All Me, All the Time (2009), Castle, Fortune (2009), and Damages.

In April 2010, Dullea performed the role of Tom Garrison in the off-Broadway production of the Robert Anderson play, I Never Sang for My Father co-starring Oscar-nominated actress Marsha Mason (as Margaret Garrison) and film and stage actor Matt Servitto (as Gene Garrison). In October 2012, Dullea performed the role of Heinrich Mann in the Guthrie Theater production of Tales from Hollywood by Christopher Hampton.

He was in Isn't It Delicious (2013) with his wife Mia Dillon, Infinitely Polar Bear (2014), Space Station 76 (2014), and April Flowers (2017).[30]

Keir Dullea with Katharina Kubrick, Ron Sanders, Jan Harlan, and Christopher Nolan at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

During August and September 2013, Keir Dullea starred as Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, playing opposite wife Mia Dillon in a joint production for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. Between July 10-August 2, 2015, Dullea and wife Mia Dillon were joined by Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble and Christa Scott-Reed in the Bucks County Playhouse production of Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond.[31]

He had a regular role in The Path (2014–16) and could be seen in Fahrenheit 451 (2018). Dullea was cast as Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood, a high-ranking UNSC officer, in the Paramount+ TV series Halo which premiered on March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24).

Personal life

[edit]

Dullea has been married four times, first to stage and film actress Margot Bennett from 1960 until their divorce in 1968. He was married from 1969 to 1970 to Susan Lessons. In 1972, Dullea married Susie Fuller, who had two daughters from a previous relationship. The couple met during the London run of Butterflies Are Free. Dullea, Fuller and her children lived in London for several years. She died in 1998 after 26 years of marriage. In 1999, Dullea married actress Mia Dillon. They divide their time between an apartment in Manhattan and a house in Connecticut.

Filmography

[edit]

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Mrs. Miniver German Pilot TV film
1961 Hoodlum Priest Billy Lee Jackson
1962 David and Lisa David Clemens
1964 The Naked Hours Aldo
Mail Order Bride Lee Carey
The Thin Red Line Private Don Doll
1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing Stephen Lake
1966 Madame X Clayton Anderson Jr.
1967 The Fox Paul Grenfel
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. David Bowman
1969 De Sade Louis Alphonse Donatien, Marquis de Sade
1970 Black Water Gold Christofer Perdeger TV film
1971 Montserrat Montserrat TV film
1972 Devil in the Brain Oscar Minno
Pope Joan Dr. Stevens Uncredited Role
1973 Paperback Hero Rick Dylan
1974 Paul and Michelle Garry
Black Christmas Peter Smythe
1976 Law and Order Johnny Morrison TV film
1977 Three Dangerous Ladies Dr. David Priestly Segment: The Mannikin
Welcome to Blood City Lewis
Full Circle Magnus Lofting Released as The Haunting of Julia
1978 Because He's My Friend Eric TV film
1978 Leopard in the Snow Dominic Lyall
1979 The Legend of the Golden Gun General George Armstrong Custer TV film
1980 Brave New World Thomas Grambell TV film
The Hostage Tower Mr. Smith TV film
1981 No Place to Hide Cliff Letterman TV film
1983 BrainWaves Julian Bedford
1984 Blind Date Dr. Steiger
The Next One Glenn / The Next One
2010: The Year We Make Contact Dr. David Bowman
1992 Oh, What a Night Thorvald Direct-to-video
2000 The Audrey Hepburn Story Joseph Hepburn-Ruston TV film
La Divine Inspiration William Shakespeare Short film
Songs in Ordinary Time Sam Fermoyle TV film
2003 Three Days of Rain Unknown
Alien Hunter Secretary Bayer
2006 The Day My Towers Fell Harry Gold Short film
A Lonely Sky Older Man Short film
The Good Shepherd Senator John Russell Sr.
2008 The Accidental Husband Karl Bollenbecker
2009 Fortune Jonah Pryce
All Me, All the Time Jake
2012 HENRi Henri (voice) Short film
2013 Isn't It Delicious Bill Weldon
2014 Infinitely Polar Bear Murray Stuart
Space Station 76 Mr. Marlowe
2017 April Flowers Mr. X
2018 Fahrenheit 451 The Historian TV film
2019 Valley of the Gods Ulim
2022 Sonder Eli Short Film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Tim Dryden Episode: "Cry Ruin"
1961 Route 66 Paul Episode: "Black November"
Hallmark Hall of Fame Elisha Episode: "Give Us Barabbas!"
Play of the Week Unknown Episode: "All Summer Long"
The New Breed Frank Episode: "Prime Target"
1961–1963 The United States Steel Hour Don McCabe 4 episodes
Alcoa Premiere Maples / Lincoln "Linc" Ketterman / Tommy Miller / Eric Green 4 episodes
Naked City Joey Ross / Les Gerard 2 episodes
1962 Checkmate Eddie Phillips Episode: "A Very Rough Sketch"
Cain's Hundred Alec Benden Episode: "A Creature Lurks in Ambush"
Kraft Mystery Theater Unknown Episode: "Cry Ruin"
The DuPont Show of the Week Lieutenant Episode: "The Outpost"
The Eleventh Hour Jerry Bullock Episode: "Cry a Little for Mary Too"
1963 Empire Skip Wade Episode: "Stopover on the Way to the Moon"
Bonanza Bob Jolley Episode: "Elegy for a Hangman"
Going My Way Dennis Brady Episode: "One Small Unhappy Family"
1964 Channing Unknown Episode: "The Trouble with Girls"
The Wednesday Play Unknown Episode: "Pale Horse, Pale Rider"
1965 Twelve O'Clock High Lieutenant Muller Episode: "To Heinie, With Love"
1972 McMillan & Wife "Buzz" Simms Episode: "Blues for Sally M"
1973–74 The Starlost Devon 16 episodes
1975 Switch Anthony Kirk Episode: "The James Caan Con"
1975–1982 Radio Mystery Theater Multiple characters (voice) 5 episodes, many uncredited episodes; Radio plays
1983 Loving Friends and Perfect Couples Unknown
1986 Guiding Light Dr. Mark Jarrett
1989 Murder, She Wrote Jason Reynard Episode: "Test of Wills"
2001 Witchblade Dr. Immo Episode: "Convergence"
2001–2006 Law & Order Paul Lyman / Andrew Keener 2 episodes
2002 Ed Robert Stanley Episode: "Nice Guys Finish Last"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Judge Walt Thornburg Episode: "Justice"
2009 Castle Jonathan Tisdale Episode: "Flowers for Your Grave"
2011 Damages Julius Episode: "I'm Worried About My Dog"
2016 The Path Dr. Stephen Meyer
2020 Hunters Klaus Rhinehart Episode: "Eilu v' Eilu"
2022 Halo Fleet Admiral Hood Episode: "Unbound"

Video games

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List of video game appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
2023 Starfield Keeper Aquilus (voice) Video game[32]

Awards and nominations

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BAFTA Awards

  • 1964: Nominated, "Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" – David and Lisa

Golden Globe Awards

  • 1962: Won, "Most Promising Male Newcomer"

Laurel Awards

  • 1963: Nominated, "Top New Male Personality"

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • 1962: Won, "Best Actor" – David and Lisa

References

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  8. ^ Humphrey, Hal (November 28, 1962). "Teen Idol Dullea Likes His Image". Los Angeles Times. p. C19. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Weiler, A. H. (April 3, 1961). "Hoodlum Priest". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Beene, Wally (December 22, 1963). "Keir's Haircut Was a Success Shortcut". Los Angeles Times. p. Calendar 13.
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  32. ^ "Starfield voice actors: Meet the Bethesda game cast – from Sarah Morgan to Heller". September 12, 2023.

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