Richard Chamberlain
- Acting
- March 31, 1934 · Beverly Hills, California, USA
- March 29, 2025
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 · Self
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens · Nat
- Finding Julia · Igor
- Nightmare Cinema · Dr. Mirari
- The Black Ghiandola · Creepy Oncologist
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters · Highfather (Voice)
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · Self
- Christmas Around the World with Perry Como · Self
- We Are the Hartmans · Mr. Hartman
- Three Days of Hamlet · Polonius
- ThunderCats · Zigg (Voice)
- The Perfect Family · Monsignor Murphy
- Leverage · Archie Leach
- Strength and Honour · Denis O'Leary
- Chuck · Adelbert De Smet
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry · Councilman Banks
- Brothers and Sisters · Jonathan Byrold
- Blackbeard · Gouverneur Charles Eden
- Desperate Housewives · Glenn
- Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire · Narrator
- Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire · Narrator
- Hustle · James Whittaker Wright III
- The Making of Shōgun
- Nip/Tuck · Arthur Stiles
- ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration · Self
- The Pavilion · Huddlestone
- Endangered Hawaiʻi · Narrator
- Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke · Bernard Lafferty
- Will & Grace · Clyde
- River Made to Drown In · Thaddeus MacKenzie
- All the Winters that Have Been · Dane Corvin
- The View · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · Self
- The Lost Daughter · Andrew McCracken
- Bird of Prey · Jonathan Griffith
- The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years · Ralph de Bricassart
- The Drew Carey Show · Maggie Wick
- Touched by an Angel · Jack Clay / Everett Clay
- Ordeal in the Arctic · Captain John Couch
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · Self
- Night of the Hunter · Harry Powell
- The Astronomers · Narrator
- Aftermath: A Test of Love · Ross Colburn
- Twin Peaks · Bill Kennedy
- Island Son · Producer
- The Return of the Musketeers · Aramis
- The Bourne Identity · Jason Bourne
- Sacrée soirée · Self
- Casanova · Giacomo Casanova
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold · Allan Quatermain
- Dream West · John Charles Fremont
- King Solomon's Mines · Allan Quatermain
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · Raoul Wallenberg
- Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole · Frederick Cook
- The Thorn Birds · Ralph de Bricassart
- Murder by Phone · Nat Bridger
- Na sowas! · Self
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Champs-Elysées · Self
- Entertainment Tonight · Self
- Wetten, dass..? · Self
- Shogun · John Blackthorne
- Shōgun · Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
- Musical Comedy Tonight
- The Good Doctor · Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
- Centennial · Alexander McKeag
- Challenge of the Super Friends
- The Swarm · Dr. Hubbard
- Inside 'the Swarm' · Self
- The Last Wave · David Burton
- The Man in the Iron Mask · Louis XIV / Philippe
- The Slipper and the Rose · Prince Edward
- The Christmas Messenger · Christmas Messenger
- The Count of Monte-Cristo · Edmond Dantès
- The Towering Inferno · Simmons
- The Lady's Not for Burning · Thomas Mendip
- The Four Musketeers · Aramis
- Dinah! · Self
- The Little Mermaid · Narrator
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles · F. Scott Fitzgerald