Richard Chamberlain
Born in Beverly Hills, California, USA — Mar 31 1934• Died Mar 29 2025
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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,…
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Desperate Housewives
Glenn
Great Performances
Anton Chekhov
Chuck
Adelbert De Smet
Twin Peaks
Bill Kennedy
Will & Grace
Clyde
Nip/Tuck
Arthur Stiles
The Drew Carey Show
Maggie Wick
Hustle
James Whittaker Wright III
Touched by an Angel
Jack Clay / Everett Clay
Dr. Kildare
Dr. James Kildare
Brothers and Sisters
Jonathan Byrold
Leverage
Archie Leach
Dinah!
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Clay Pine
The Oscars
Self
Thriller
Larry Carter
Gunsmoke
Pete
Film '72
Self
The Deputy
Jerry Kirk
Shōgun
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Mr. Lucky
Alec
Centennial
Alexander McKeag
ThunderCats
Zigg (voice)
Bourbon Street Beat
Dale Wellington
The Thorn Birds
Ralph de Bricassart
Challenge of the Super Friends
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hamlet
The Bourne Identity
Jason Bourne
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Councilman Banks
Blackbeard
Gouverneur Charles Eden
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Bernard Lafferty
The Towering Inferno
Simmons
Island Son
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Three Musketeers
Aramis
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Highfather (voice)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
The Swarm
Dr. Hubbard
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Edmond Dantès
Nightmare Cinema
Dr. Mirari
The Four Musketeers
Aramis
The Slipper and the Rose
Prince Edward
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Allan Quatermain
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
The Astronomers
Narrator
Petulia
Dave Danner
Dream West
John Charles Fremont
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Raoul Wallenberg
The Last Wave
David Burton
The Return of the Musketeers
Aramis
The Black Ghiandola
Creepy Oncologist
The Man in the Iron Mask
Louis XIV / Philippe
A Thunder of Drums
Lt. Porter
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
Twilight of Honor
David Mitchell
Murder by Phone
Nat Bridger
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
The Music Lovers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Julius Caesar
Octavius Caesar / Augustus
The Perfect Family
Monsignor Murphy
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Nat
Ordeal in the Arctic
Captain John Couch
Lady Caroline Lamb
George Gordon, Lord Byron
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Reverend
The Making of Shōgun
Night of the Hunter
Harry Powell
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Ralph de Bricassart
River Made to Drown In
Thaddeus MacKenzie
The Good Doctor
Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
Musical Comedy Tonight
Bird of Prey
Jonathan Griffith
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Ross Colburn
All the Winters that Have Been
Dane Corvin
The Portrait of a Lady
Ralph Touchett
Finding Julia
Igor
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The Pavilion
Huddlestone
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Narrator
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
The Woman I Love
King Edward VIII
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Frederick Cook
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Joy in the Morning
Carl Brown
Strength and Honour
Denis O'Leary
The Lady's Not for Burning
Thomas Mendip
The Little Mermaid
Narrator
The Lost Daughter
Andrew McCracken
We Are the Hartmans
Mr. Hartman
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Himself
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Narrator
Three Days of Hamlet
Polonius
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Dean Christopher
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
Hamlet
Hamlet
Endangered Hawaiʻi
Narrator
The Christmas Messenger
Christmas Messenger
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
The Director
Tony Awards
Self - Host