
Richard Chamberlain
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1934-03-31
- Died
- 2025-03-29
- Place of birth
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Also known as
- რიჩარდ ჩემბერლენი · George Richard Chamberlain · ریچارد چمبرلین
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (54)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Glenn

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The View
1997
as Self

Twin Peaks
1990
as Bill Kennedy

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner

Will & Grace
1998
as Clyde

The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Maggie Wick

Great Performances
1971
as Anton Chekhov

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jack Clay / Everett Clay

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Chuck
2007
as Adelbert De Smet

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Nip/Tuck
2003
as Arthur Stiles

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. James Kildare

Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Jonathan Byrold

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Host/Performer / Self - Presenter

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Clarence Narrow

Leverage
2008
as Archie Leach

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Hustle
2004
as James Whittaker Wright III

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Gunsmoke
1955
as Pete

Thriller
1960
as Larry Carter

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Clay Pine

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self

The Deputy
1959
as Jerry Kirk

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Hamlet

Shōgun
1980
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

ThunderCats
2011
as Zigg (voice)

Today
1952
as Self

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self

Mr. Lucky
1959
as Alec

The Thorn Birds
1983
as Ralph de Bricassart
Na sowas!
1982
as Self

Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as Dale Wellington

Centennial
1978
as Alexander McKeag

The Bourne Identity
1988
as Jason Bourne

Challenge of the Super Friends
1978

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Hamlet

Blackbeard
2006
as Gouverneur Charles Eden

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
as Bernard Lafferty

Island Son
1989

Dream West
1986
as John Charles Fremont

The Astronomers
1991
as Narrator

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
as Raoul Wallenberg

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004
as Narrator

The Portrait of a Lady
1968
as Ralph Touchett
Movies (64)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Councilman Banks

The Towering Inferno
1974
as Simmons

The Three Musketeers
1973
as Aramis

The Swarm
1978
as Dr. Hubbard

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Allan Quatermain

Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
as Highfather (voice)

The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Edmond Dantès

Nightmare Cinema
2018
as Dr. Mirari

King Solomon's Mines
1985
as Allan Quatermain

The Four Musketeers
1974
as Aramis

Julius Caesar
1970
as Octavius Caesar / Augustus

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as Louis XIV / Philippe

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor

The Slipper and the Rose
1976
as Prince Edward

The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Aramis

Casanova
1987
as Giacomo Casanova

Petulia
1968
as Dave Danner

The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
as The Reverend

A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Lt. Porter

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996
as Ralph de Bricassart

The Last Wave
1977
as David Burton

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)

The Black Ghiandola
2017
as Creepy Oncologist

Joy in the Morning
1965
as Carl Brown

Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
as Captain John Couch
The Making of Shōgun
2003

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Nat

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Inside 'the Swarm'
1978
as Self

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974
as F. Scott Fitzgerald

River Made to Drown In
1997
as Thaddeus MacKenzie

Twilight of Honor
1963
as David Mitchell

The Perfect Family
2011
as Monsignor Murphy

The Music Lovers
1971
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Bird of Prey
1996
as Jonathan Griffith

Night of the Hunter
1991
as Harry Powell

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024
as Self
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
as Thomas Mendip

Murder by Phone
1982
as Nat Bridger

The Secret of the Purple Reef
1960
as Dean Christopher

Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
as Ross Colburn

The Pavilion
2000
as Huddlestone

Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as George Gordon, Lord Byron

The Good Doctor
1978
as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles

Strength and Honour
2007
as Denis O'Leary

The Little Mermaid
1974
as Narrator

Hamlet
1970
as Hamlet

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
as Self

All the Winters that Have Been
1997
as Dane Corvin
Endangered Hawaiʻi
2000
as Narrator

The Lost Daughter
1997
as Andrew McCracken

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983
as Frederick Cook
We Are the Hartmans
2012
as Mr. Hartman

The Woman I Love
1972
as King Edward VIII

Shogun
1980
as John Blackthorne

Three Days of Hamlet
2012
as Polonius
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968
as The Director

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004
as Narrator

The Christmas Messenger
1975
as Christmas Messenger

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
as Himself

Finding Julia
2019
as Igor

Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
About Richard Chamberlain
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… With 118 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Richard Chamberlain has appeared in 64 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Chamberlain Movies
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) — as Councilman Banks
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Simmons
- The Three Musketeers (1973) — as Aramis
- The Swarm (1978) — as Dr. Hubbard
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) — as Allan Quatermain
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