Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1934-03-31
- Day of Death2025-03-29 (90 years)
- Place of BirthBeverly Hills, California, USA
- Also Known Asრიჩარდ ჩემბერლენიGeorge Richard Chamberlainریچارد چمبرلین
Richard Chamberlain
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
As: Nat
- 2019
Finding Julia
As: Igor
- 2018
Nightmare Cinema
As: Dr. Mirari
- 2017
The Black Ghiandola
As: Creepy Oncologist
- 2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
As: Highfather (voice)
- 2012
Three Days of Hamlet
As: Polonius
- 2011
ThunderCats
As: Zigg (voice)
- 2011
The Perfect Family
As: Monsignor Murphy
2008Leverage
As: Archie Leach
2007Strength and Honour
As: Denis O'Leary
2007Chuck
As: Adelbert De Smet
- 2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
As: Councilman Banks
2006Brothers and Sisters
As: Jonathan Byrold
2006Blackbeard
As: Gouverneur Charles Eden
2004Desperate Housewives
As: Glenn
2004Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
As: Narrator
2004Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
As: Narrator
2004Hustle
As: James Whittaker Wright III
2003Nip/Tuck
As: Arthur Stiles
2000The Pavilion
As: Huddlestone
1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
As: Bernard Lafferty
1998Will & Grace
As: Clyde
1997River Made to Drown In
As: Thaddeus MacKenzie
1997All the Winters that Have Been
As: Dane Corvin
1997The Lost Daughter
As: Andrew McCracken
1996Bird of Prey
As: Jonathan Griffith
1996The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
As: Ralph de Bricassart
1995The Drew Carey Show
As: Maggie Wick
1994Touched by an Angel
As: Jack Clay / Everett Clay
1993Ordeal in the Arctic
As: Captain John Couch
1991Night of the Hunter
As: Harry Powell
1991The Astronomers
As: Narrator
1991Aftermath: A Test of Love
As: Ross Colburn
1990Twin Peaks
As: Bill Kennedy
1989The Return of the Musketeers
As: Aramis
1988The Bourne Identity
As: Jason Bourne
1987Casanova
As: Giacomo Casanova
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
As: Allan Quatermain
1986Dream West
As: John Charles Fremont
- 1985
King Solomon's Mines
As: Allan Quatermain
1985Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
As: Raoul Wallenberg
1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
As: Frederick Cook
1983The Thorn Birds
As: Ralph de Bricassart
1982Murder by Phone
As: Nat Bridger
1980Shōgun
As: Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
1978The Good Doctor
As: Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
1978Centennial
As: Alexander McKeag
1978The Swarm
As: Dr. Hubbard
1977The Last Wave
As: David Burton
1977The Man in the Iron Mask
As: Louis XIV / Philippe
1976The Slipper and the Rose
As: Prince Edward
1975The Count of Monte-Cristo
As: Edmond Dantès
- 1974
The Towering Inferno
As: Simmons
1974The Four Musketeers
As: Aramis
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
As: F. Scott Fitzgerald
1974The Little Mermaid
As: Narrator
- 1973
The Three Musketeers
As: Aramis
1972Lady Caroline Lamb
As: George Gordon, Lord Byron
1972The Woman I Love
As: King Edward VIII
1971The Music Lovers
As: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1971Great Performances
As: Anton Chekhov
1970Julius Caesar
As: Octavius Caesar / Augustus
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot
As: The Reverend
1968Petulia
As: Dave Danner
1965Joy in the Morning
As: Carl Brown
1963Twilight of Honor
As: David Mitchell
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Dr. Kildare
1961A Thunder of Drums
As: Lt. Porter
1960The Secret of the Purple Reef
As: Dean Christopher
1960Thriller
As: Larry Carter
1959Mr. Lucky
As: Alec
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Clay Pine
1955Gunsmoke
As: Pete
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Hamlet
1951The Red Skelton Show
As: Clarence Narrow