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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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Beverly Hills, California, USA, 1934-03-31

Died: 2025-03-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	The Secret of the Purple Reef	Dean Christopher	25
2	1961	A Thunder of Drums	Lt. Porter	54
3	1963	Twilight of Honor	David Mitchell	68
4	1965	Joy in the Morning	Carl Brown	35
5	1968	Petulia: The Uncommon Movie	Himself	0
6	1968	Petulia	Dave Danner	59
7	1969	The Madwoman of Chaillot	The Reverend	71
8	1970	Julius Caesar	Octavius Caesar / Augustus	57
9	1971	The Music Lovers	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	66
10	1972	The Woman I Love	King Edward VIII	0
11	1972	Lady Caroline Lamb	George Gordon, Lord Byron	58
12	1973	The Three Musketeers	Aramis	68
13	1974	The Little Mermaid	Narrator	50
14	1974	F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles	F. Scott Fitzgerald	46
15	1974	The Four Musketeers	Aramis	64
16	1974	The Lady's Not for Burning	Thomas Mendip	0
17	1974	The Towering Inferno	Simmons	70
18	1975	The Count of Monte-Cristo	Edmond Dantès	68
19	1976	The Slipper and the Rose	Prince Edward	69
20	1977	The Man in the Iron Mask	Louis XIV / Philippe	64
21	1977	The Last Wave	David Burton	67
22	1978	Inside 'the Swarm'	Self	100
23	1978	The Swarm	Dr. Hubbard	49
24	1978	The Good Doctor	Anton Chekhov / Various Roles	5
25	1979	Musical Comedy Tonight		0
26	1980	Shogun	Pilot-Major John Blackthorne	78
27	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
28	1982	Murder by Phone	Nat Bridger	52
29	1983	Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole	Frederick Cook	60
30	1985	King Solomon's Mines	Allan Quatermain	54
31	1986	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold	Allan Quatermain	47
32	1987	Casanova	Giacomo Casanova	42
33	1988	The Bourne Identity Original film	Jason Bourne	60
34	1989	The Return of the Musketeers	Aramis	62
35	1991	Aftermath: A Test of Love	Ross Colburn	62
36	1991	Night of the Hunter	Harry Powell	57
37	1991	Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire	Self (archive footage)	57
38	1993	Ordeal in the Arctic	Captain John Couch	30
39	1996	The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years	Ralph de Bricassart	70
40	1996	Bird of Prey	Jonathan Griffith	50
41	1997	The Lost Daughter	Andrew McCracken	20
42	1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self (archive footage)	70
43	1997	All the Winters that Have Been	Dane Corvin	45
44	1997	River Made to Drown In	Thaddeus MacKenzie	50
45	2000	Endangered Hawaiʻi	Narrator	0
46	2000	The Pavilion	Huddlestone	55
47	2003	The Making of Shōgun		0
48	2004	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire	Narrator	95
49	2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry	Councilman Banks	61
50	2007	Strength and Honour	Denis O'Leary	50
51	2011	The Perfect Family	Monsignor Murphy	46
52	2012	Three Days of Hamlet	Polonius	70
53	2012	We Are the Hartmans	Mr. Hartman	10
54	2012	Christmas Around the World with Perry Como	Self	0
55	2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Self - Actor	72
56	2015	Justice League: Gods and Monsters	Highfather (voice)	71
57	2017	The Black Ghiandola	Creepy Oncologist	70
58	2018	Nightmare Cinema	Dr. Mirari	58
59	2019	Finding Julia	Igor	0
60	2020	Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens	Nat	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee/Presenter	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
4	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
5	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
6	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
7	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Clarence Narrow	74
8	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Hamlet	86
9	1952	Today	Self	58
10	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Pete	66
12	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Clay Pine	77
13	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
14	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host/Performer	51
15	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	51
16	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
17	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
18	1959	Mr. Lucky	Alec	64
19	1960	Thriller	Larry Carter	64
20	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Kildare	55
21	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
22	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
23	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
24	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	77
25	1968	The Portrait of a Lady		0
26	1971	Great Performances	Anton Chekhov	53
27	1978	Challenge of the Super Friends		69
28	1978	Centennial	Alexander McKeag	76
29	1980	Shōgun	Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san	77
30	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
31	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
32	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
33	1982	Na sowas!	Self	10
34	1983	The Thorn Birds	Ralph de Bricassart	72
35	1985	Wallenberg: A Hero's Story	Raoul Wallenberg	60
36	1986	Dream West		50
37	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
38	1988	The Bourne Identity	Jason Bourne	64
39	1989	Island Son		50
40	1990	Twin Peaks	Bill Kennedy	83
41	1991	The Astronomers	Narrator	0
42	1994	Touched by an Angel	Jack Clay / Everett Clay	72
43	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Maggie Wick	66
44	1997	The View	Self	45
45	1998	Will & Grace	Clyde	69
46	1999	Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke	Bernard Lafferty	20
47	2003	Nip/Tuck		72
48	2004	Hustle	James Whittaker Wright III	76
49	2004	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire	Narrator	95
50	2004	Desperate Housewives	Glenn	79
51	2006	Blackbeard	Gouverneur Charles Eden	52
52	2006	Brothers and Sisters	Jonathan Byrold	71
53	2007	Chuck	Adelbert De Smet	77
54	2008	Leverage	Archie Leach	76
55	2011	ThunderCats	Zigg (voice)	79