Richard Chamberlain
Department: Acting
Biography
George Richard Chamberlain (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made for TV movie "The Bourne Identity". Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Chamberlain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
River Made to Drown In
1997
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Towering Inferno
1974
The Four Musketeers
1974
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Strength and Honour
2007
King Solomon's Mines
1985
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Julius Caesar
1970
Petulia
1968
Endangered Hawaiʻi
2000
The Slipper and the Rose
1976
The Swarm
1978
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
Murder by Phone
1982
The Last Wave
1977
The Music Lovers
1971
The Perfect Family
2011
A Thunder of Drums
1961
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
Bird of Prey
1996
Joy in the Morning
1965
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
We Are the Hartmans
2012
Twilight of Honor
1963
The Lost Daughter
1997
Three Days of Hamlet
2012
The Secret of the Purple Reef
1960
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
Night of the Hunter
1991
The Pavilion
2000
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983
The Little Mermaid
1974
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Casanova
1987
The Woman I Love
1972
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004
The Black Ghiandola
2017
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Nightmare Cinema
2018
Finding Julia
2019
The Making of Shōgun
2003
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
The Good Doctor
1978
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
The Christmas Messenger
1975
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968
Hamlet
1970
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Desperate Housewives
2004
Today
1952
The View
1997
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Hustle
2004
Gunsmoke
1955
Centennial
1978
Will & Grace
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Thriller
1960
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
Island Son
1989
Shōgun
1980
The Bourne Identity
1988
The Oscars
1953
Dream West
1986
The Astronomers
1991
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Thorn Birds
1983
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
Chuck
2007
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Twin Peaks
1990
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Blackbeard
2006
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004
What's My Line?
1950
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Entertainment Tonight
1981
ThunderCats
2011
Champs-Elysées
1982
Leverage
2008
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Na sowas!
1982
Touched by an Angel
1994
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Great Performances
1971
The Portrait of a Lady
1968
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Mr. Lucky
1959
Film '72
1971
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Dinah!
1974
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Deputy
1959
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956