Richard Chamberlain

ActorProducer Mar 31 (died age 90) Beverly Hills, California, USA 1944–2020 (76 year career)

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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 Wik…

Known For

Film

The Towering Inferno

Simmons

Film

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Councilman Banks

Film

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Highfather (voice)

Film

Shōgun

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

Film

The Three Musketeers

Aramis

Film

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Self - Actor

Film

The Last Wave

David Burton

Film

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Edmond Dantès

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (63)

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Nat

Finding Julia

2019

as Igor

Nightmare Cinema

as Dr. Mirari

The Black Ghiandola

as Creepy Oncologist

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

2015

as Highfather (voice)

7.1

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Self - Actor

Three Days of Hamlet

as Polonius

We Are the Hartmans

as Mr. Hartman

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como

2012

as Self

The Perfect Family

2011

as Monsignor Murphy

4.5

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

as Councilman Banks

Strength and Honour

as Denis O'Leary

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

2004

as Narrator

9.5

The Making of Shōgun

2003

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

as Self

The Pavilion

2000

as Huddlestone

5.5

Endangered Hawaiʻi

2000

as Narrator

The Lost Daughter

1997

as Andrew McCracken

2.0

All the Winters that Have Been

1997

as Dane Corvin

4.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

River Made to Drown In

1997

as Thaddeus MacKenzie

4.6

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

1996

as Ralph de Bricassart

Bird of Prey

as Jonathan Griffith

Ordeal in the Arctic

as Captain John Couch

3.0

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Night of the Hunter

1991

as Harry Powell

5.7

Aftermath: A Test of Love

1991

as Ross Colburn

5.5

The Return of the Musketeers

1989

as Aramis

6.2

The Bourne Identity

1988

as Jason Bourne

Casanova

1987

as Giacomo Casanova

3.9

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

as Allan Quatermain

King Solomon's Mines

as Allan Quatermain

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

as Frederick Cook

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Murder by Phone

as Nat Bridger

Musical Comedy Tonight

Inside 'the Swarm'

as Self

The Swarm

as Dr. Hubbard

The Good Doctor

as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles

0.5

The Last Wave

1977

as David Burton

6.7

The Man in the Iron Mask

1977

as Louis XIV / Philippe

6.3

The Slipper and the Rose

1976

as Prince Edward

6.8

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

as Edmond Dantès

6.8

The Christmas Messenger

1975

as Christmas Messenger

The Towering Inferno

as Simmons

The Four Musketeers

as Aramis

The Little Mermaid

as Narrator

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

1974

as F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.6

The Lady's Not for Burning

1974

as Thomas Mendip

The Three Musketeers

1973

as Aramis

6.7

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972

as George Gordon, Lord Byron

5.6

The Woman I Love

1972

as King Edward VIII

The Music Lovers

1971

as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6.5

Julius Caesar

1970

as Octavius Caesar / Augustus

5.8

Hamlet

1970

as Hamlet

The Madwoman of Chaillot

as The Reverend

Petulia

as Dave Danner

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968

as Himself

Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five

1968

as The Director

Joy in the Morning

as Carl Brown

Twilight of Honor

as David Mitchell

A Thunder of Drums

as Lt. Porter

The Secret of the Purple Reef

1960

as Dean Christopher

2.5

Television (55)

ThunderCats

as Zigg (voice)

Leverage

as Archie Leach

Chuck

as Adelbert De Smet

Brothers and Sisters

as Jonathan Byrold

Blackbeard

as Gouverneur Charles Eden

Desperate Housewives

as Glenn

Hustle

as James Whittaker Wright III

7.7

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

as Narrator

Nip/Tuck

as Arthur Stiles

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

as Bernard Lafferty

Will & Grace

as Clyde

The View

as Self

The Drew Carey Show

as Maggie Wick

Touched by an Angel

as Jack Clay / Everett Clay

7.2

The Astronomers

1991

as Narrator

Twin Peaks

as Bill Kennedy

Island Son

The Bourne Identity

as Jason Bourne

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Dream West

as John Charles Fremont

5.0

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

1985

as Raoul Wallenberg

6.0

The Thorn Birds

1983

as Ralph de Bricassart

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Na sowas!

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Entertainment Tonight

1981

as Self

4.1

Shōgun

1980

as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

Shōgun

as Self

Centennial

as Alexander McKeag

Challenge of the Super Friends

Dinah!

as Self

Great Performances

as Anton Chekhov

Film '72

as Self

The Portrait of a Lady

1968

as Ralph Touchett

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest

7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. James Kildare

Thriller

as Larry Carter

Mr. Lucky

as Alec

Bourbon Street Beat

as Dale Wellington

The Deputy

as Jerry Kirk

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Host/Performer

5.9

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Clay Pine

Gunsmoke

as Pete

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Clarence Narrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Hamlet

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee

7.2

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Island Son

1989

Producer

5.0