
Richard Chamberlain
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-03-31
- Died:
- 2025-03-29
- Place of birth:
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
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
Filmography

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Finding Julia

Nightmare Cinema

The Black Ghiandola

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

We Are the Hartmans

Three Days of Hamlet

ThunderCats

The Perfect Family

Leverage

Strength and Honour

Chuck

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Brothers and Sisters

Blackbeard

Desperate Housewives

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

Hustle
The Making of Shōgun

Nip/Tuck

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

The Pavilion
Endangered Hawaiʻi

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Will & Grace

River Made to Drown In

All the Winters that Have Been

The View

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

The Lost Daughter

Bird of Prey

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

The Drew Carey Show

Touched by an Angel

Ordeal in the Arctic

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Night of the Hunter

The Astronomers

Aftermath: A Test of Love

Twin Peaks

Island Son

The Return of the Musketeers

The Bourne Identity

Sacrée soirée

Casanova

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Dream West

King Solomon's Mines

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

The Thorn Birds

Murder by Phone
Na sowas!

Night of 100 Stars

Champs-Elysées

Entertainment Tonight

Wetten, dass..?

Shogun

Shōgun

Musical Comedy Tonight

The Good Doctor

Centennial

Challenge of the Super Friends

The Swarm

Inside 'the Swarm'

The Last Wave

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Slipper and the Rose

The Christmas Messenger

The Count of Monte-Cristo

The Towering Inferno
The Lady's Not for Burning

The Four Musketeers

Dinah!

The Little Mermaid

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

The Three Musketeers

Lady Caroline Lamb

The Woman I Love
Film '72

The Music Lovers

Great Performances

Hamlet

Julius Caesar

The Madwoman of Chaillot

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five

Petulia

The Portrait of a Lady

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

The Carol Burnett Show

Joy in the Morning

Twilight of Honor

The Merv Griffin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Dr. Kildare

A Thunder of Drums

The Secret of the Purple Reef

Thriller

Mr. Lucky

Bourbon Street Beat

The Deputy

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tony Awards

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Gunsmoke

The Oscars

Today

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Red Skelton Show

The Bob Hope Show

What's My Line?

Golden Globe Awards