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Richard Chamberlain

Actor / Film Producer / Theatre Director | * 03/31/1934 (90) | Beverly Hills, California (United States of America (USA))
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George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American actor and singer who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several miniseries, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 television film The Bourne Identity. Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it. ...

The Towering Inferno

PG

1974 | 3.5/5 | 2h 45min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, ...

The Last Wave

PG

1977 | 3.4/5 | 1h 46min
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
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The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter. ...

The Four Musketeers

PG

1974 | 3.2/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback. ...

The Thorn Birds

Certification unknown

1983 | 3.6/5 | 2h 1min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Richard Chamberlain

Steiger Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Sitges Film Festival Best Actor Award
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Movies with Richard Chamberlain as Actor(53)

as Nat2020 Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Igor2019 Finding Julia
as Dr. Mirari2018 Nightmare Cinema
as Creepy Oncologist2017 The Black Ghiandola
as Highfather (voice)2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Self - Actor2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Mr. Hartman2012 We Are the Hartmans
2012 Three Days of Hamlet
as Monsignor Murphy2011 The Perfect Family
as Councilman Banks2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Denis O'Leary2007 Strength and Honour
as Narrator2004 Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
as Huddlestone2000 The Pavilion
as Thaddeus MacKenzie1997 River Made to Drown In
as Andrew McCracken1997 The Lost Daughter
as Dane Corvin1997 All the Winters that Have Been
as Ralph de Bricassart1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
as Jonathan Griffith1995 Bird of Prey
as Captain John Couch1993 Ordeal in the Arctic
as Self (archive footage)1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Harry Powell1991 Night of the Hunter
as Ross Colburn1991 Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Aramis1989 The Return of the Musketeers
as Jason Bourne1988 The Bourne Identity
as Giacomo Casanova1987 Casanova
as Allan Quatermain1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Raoul Wallenberg1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
as Allan Quatermain1985 King Solomon's Mines
as Frederick Cook1983 Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as Nat Bridger1982 Murder by Phone
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne1981 Shogun
as Dr. Hubbard1978 The Swarm
as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles1978 The Good Doctor
as himself1978 Inside 'the Swarm'
as Louis XIV / Philippe1977 The Man in the Iron Mask
as David Burton1977 The Last Wave
as Prince Edward1976 The Slipper and the Rose
as Edmond Dantès1975 The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Aramis1974 The Four Musketeers
as Simmons1974 The Towering Inferno
as Thomas Mendip1974 The Lady's Not for Burning
as Narrator1974 The Little Mermaid
as F. Scott Fitzgerald1974 F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as Aramis1973 The Three Musketeers
as George Gordon, Lord Byron1972 Lady Caroline Lamb
as Tchaikovsky1971 The Music Lovers
as Octavius Caesar / Augustus1970 Julius Caesar
as The Reverend1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
as Dave Danner1968 Petulia
as Carl Brown1965 Joy in the Morning
as David Mitchell1963 Twilight of Honor
as Lt. Porter1961 A Thunder of Drums
as Dean Christopher1960 The Secret Of The Purple Reef

TV Shows/Series with Richard Chamberlain as Actor(36)

as Narrator2024 The Astronomers
as Zigg (voice)2011 ThunderCats
as Archie Leach2008 Leverage
as Adelbert De Smet2007 Chuck
as Jonathan Byrold2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Gouverneur Charles Eden2006 Blackbeard
2004 Desperate Housewives
as James Whittaker Wright III2004 Hustle
2003 Nip/Tuck
as Bernard Lafferty1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Clyde1998 Will & Grace
as himself1997 The View
as Bill Kennedy1990 Twin Peaks
1989 Island Son
as Ralph de Bricassart1983 The Thorn Birds
as himself1982 Na sowas!
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as himself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san1980 Shogun
as himself1980 Shogun
as Alexander McKeag1978 Centennial
1978 Challenge of the Super Friends
as Anton Chekhov1971 Great Performances
1968 The Portrait of a Lady
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Dr. Kildare1961 Dr. Kildare
as Larry Carter1960 Thriller
1959 Bourbon Street Beat
1959 Mr. Lucky
as himself1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Clay Pine1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Pete1955 Gunsmoke
as himself1952 Today
as Hamlet1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

TV Shows/Series with Richard Chamberlain as Crew(1)

Production/Producer1989 Island Son

Born: Saturday, 03/31 1934 (March) in Beverly Hills, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 90 years + 25 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Beverly Hills High School, Pomona College
Record Label: MGM Records
Mother: Elsa Winnifred von Fisher von Benzon-Matthews
Other names for Richard Chamberlain (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"რიჩარდ ჩემბერლენი"
"George Richard Chamberlain"
Richard Chamberlain frequently works together with these people:
Victor French (19x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (19x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (18x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (17x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (17x, Actor)
Shug Fisher (17x, Actor)
John Anderson (17x, Actor)
Jeanette Nolan (15x, Actress)
J. Pat O'Malley (15x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (15x, Actor)
Royal Dano (14x, Actor)
Irwin Allen (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2841, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024