44 Facts About Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea played astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Keir Dullea has 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.

Keir Dullea was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Margaret and Robert Keir Dullea.

Keir Dullea's mother was of Scottish descent, and his father was a second-generation Irish-American.

Keir Dullea was raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, where his parents ran a bookstore.

Keir Dullea graduated from George School in Pennsylvania, attended Rutgers University and San Francisco State University, then pursued an acting career.

Keir Dullea made his debut in a television adaptation of Mrs Miniver with Maureen O'Hara, playing the German pilot.

Keir Dullea was in demand for guest appearances on television shows such as Route 66, The New Breed, Checkmate and Cain's Hundred.

Keir Dullea made his film debut in 1961 in Hoodlum Priest, cast on the strength of his work on Route 66.

Keir Dullea did accept a non-exclusive contract with Seven Arts and shot a pilot for a series that was not picked up.

Keir Dullea appeared in Los Angeles on stage in The Short Happy Life.

Keir 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 and Channing.

Keir Dullea was second billed in Mail Order Bride, written and directed by Burt Kennedy.

Keir Dullea starred in the first screen adaptation of James Jones' The Thin Red Line, then did a TV adaptation of Pale Horse, Pale Rider and went to Italy to star in The Naked Hour.

Keir Dullea took these roles to avoid being typecast as a troubled youth.

Keir Dullea went to England to make Bunny Lake Is Missing, which co-starred Keir Dullea with Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, and Noel Coward.

Keir Dullea played the son of Lana Turner's character in Ross Hunter's remake of Madame X, which underperformed commercially.

Keir Dullea then appeared with Anne Heywood and Sandy Dennis in the Canadian box office hit, The Fox.

In 1968, Keir 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.

Keir Dullea was offered the title role in the movie De Sade, playing the title role.

Keir Dullea had success on Broadway, starring in the 1969 hit comedy Butterflies Are Free with Eileen Heckart and Blythe Danner.

The play was a huge hit, running for 1,128 performances, although Keir Dullea did not appear in the film version.

Keir Dullea travelled to London to be in the production of Butterflies there and decided to stay.

Keir Dullea did a series of TV movies, Black Water Gold, Montserrat, and A Kiss Is Just a Kiss.

Keir Dullea worked in Canada on the film Paperback Hero and worked in that country for a number of years.

Keir Dullea had the lead role in a Canadian TV series The Starlost but it only ran 18 episodes.

Keir Dullea was a regular vocal performer on CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which ran from 1974 to 1982.

Keir Dullea was in Paul and Michelle and had a major role in the Canadian production, 1974 cult classic Black Christmas as Peter Smythe, Jess Bradford's boyfriend.

Keir Dullea was one of the last people to see actor Sal Mineo alive.

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

In 1982, Keir Dullea starred in an off-Broadway production of Sweet Prince under the direction of his wife Susie Fuller.

Keir Dullea appeared as a regular cast member in the Canadian soap opera Loving Friends and Perfect Couples, which ran in 1983.

In July 1984, Keir Dullea was guest artist aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.

Keir Dullea returned to Broadway when he joined the cast of the successful Doubles.

Keir Dullea toured with a theatre show Keir Dullea and Friends.

Keir Dullea was in Oh, What a Night and played F Scott Fitzgerald off Broadway in The Other Side of Paradise.

Keir Dullea was the narrator in an off Broadway production of Mary Rose.

Keir Dullea was in The Accidental Husband, All Me, All the Time, Castle, Fortune, and Damages.

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

Keir Dullea had a regular role in The Path and could be seen in Fahrenheit 451.

Keir Dullea has been married four times, first to stage and film actress Margot Bennett from 1960 until their divorce in 1968.

Keir Dullea was married from 1969 to 1970 to Susan Lessons.

In 1972, Keir Dullea married Susie Fuller, who had two daughters from a previous relationship.

Keir Dullea died in 1998 after 26 years of marriage.