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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 31, 1934
Died
March 29, 2025
Place of Birth
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Also Known As
- რიჩარდ ჩემბერლენი
- George Richard Chamberlain
- ریچارد چمبرلین
Richard Chamberlain
2.3 Popularity
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
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Nat
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
0.0
Igor
Finding Julia
2019
5.8
Dr. Mirari
Nightmare Cinema
2018
6.9
Creepy Oncologist
The Black Ghiandola
2017
7.1
Highfather (voice)
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
7.2
Self - Actor
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
0.0
Self
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012
🎬
1.0
Mr. Hartman
We Are the Hartmans
2012
7.0
Polonius
Three Days of Hamlet
2012
7.9
Zigg (voice)
ThunderCats
2011
Credits
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Nat
2020
0.0
Finding Julia
as Igor
2019
0.0
Nightmare Cinema
as Dr. Mirari
2018
5.8
The Black Ghiandola
as Creepy Oncologist
2017
6.9
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Highfather (voice)
2015
7.1
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
2014
7.2
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
as Self
2012
0.0
🎬
We Are the Hartmans
as Mr. Hartman
2012
1.0
Three Days of Hamlet
as Polonius
2012
7.0
ThunderCats
as Zigg (voice)
2011
7.9
The Perfect Family
as Monsignor Murphy
2011
4.5
Leverage
as Archie Leach
2008
7.6
Strength and Honour
as Denis O'Leary
2007
5.0
Chuck
as Adelbert De Smet
2007
7.7
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Councilman Banks
2007
6.1
Brothers and Sisters
as Jonathan Byrold
2006
7.1
Blackbeard
as Gouverneur Charles Eden
2006
5.3
Desperate Housewives
as Glenn
2004
7.9
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
as Narrator
2004
9.5
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
as Narrator
2004
9.5
Hustle
as James Whittaker Wright III
2004
7.7
🎬
The Making of Shōgun
2003
0.0
Nip/Tuck
as Arthur Stiles
2003
7.2
The Pavilion
as Huddlestone
2000
5.5
🎬
Endangered Hawaiʻi
as Narrator
2000
0.0
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Bernard Lafferty
1999
2.0
Will & Grace
as Clyde
1998
6.8
River Made to Drown In
as Thaddeus MacKenzie
1997
4.6
All the Winters that Have Been
as Dane Corvin
1997
4.5
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.5
The Lost Daughter
as Andrew McCracken
1997
2.0
Bird of Prey
as Jonathan Griffith
1996
5.0
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
as Ralph de Bricassart
1996
7.0
The Drew Carey Show
as Maggie Wick
1995
6.5
Touched by an Angel
as Jack Clay / Everett Clay
1994
7.2
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Captain John Couch
1993
3.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Night of the Hunter
as Harry Powell
1991
5.7
The Astronomers
as Narrator
1991
0.0
Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Ross Colburn
1991
5.5
Twin Peaks
as Bill Kennedy
1990
8.3
Island Son
1989
5.0
The Return of the Musketeers
as Aramis
1989
6.2
The Bourne Identity
as Jason Bourne
1988
6.5
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
1987
3.9
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Allan Quatermain
1986
4.8
Dream West
as John Charles Fremont
1986
5.0
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain
1985
5.4
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
as Raoul Wallenberg
1985
6.0
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as Frederick Cook
1983
6.0
The Thorn Birds
as Ralph de Bricassart
1983
7.2
Murder by Phone
as Nat Bridger
1982
5.2
🎬
Na sowas!
as Self
1982
1.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
Shōgun
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
1980
7.6
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
0.0
The Good Doctor
as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
1978
0.5
Centennial
as Alexander McKeag
1978
7.7
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
6.9
The Swarm
as Dr. Hubbard
1978
5.0
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
1978
7.0
The Last Wave
as David Burton
1977
6.7
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Louis XIV / Philippe
1977
6.3
The Slipper and the Rose
as Prince Edward
1976
6.8
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
1975
6.8
The Towering Inferno
as Simmons
1974
7.0
🎬
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Thomas Mendip
1974
0.0
The Four Musketeers
as Aramis
1974
6.4
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
1974
4.6
The Little Mermaid
as Narrator
1974
5.0
The Three Musketeers
as Aramis
1973
6.7
Lady Caroline Lamb
as George Gordon, Lord Byron
1972
5.6
The Woman I Love
as King Edward VIII
1972
0.0
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
The Music Lovers
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1971
6.5
Great Performances
as Anton Chekhov
1971
5.8
Julius Caesar
as Octavius Caesar / Augustus
1970
5.7
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Reverend
1969
7.1
Petulia
as Dave Danner
1968
5.9
The Portrait of a Lady
as Ralph Touchett
1968
0.0
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
1968
0.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
Joy in the Morning
as Carl Brown
1965
2.7
Twilight of Honor
as David Mitchell
1963
6.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
1961
5.5
A Thunder of Drums
as Lt. Porter
1961
5.5
The Secret of the Purple Reef
as Dean Christopher
1960
2.5
Thriller
as Larry Carter
1960
6.6
Mr. Lucky
as Alec
1959
6.4
Bourbon Street Beat
as Dale Wellington
1959
5.0
The Deputy
as Jerry Kirk
1959
6.2
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Host/Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Clay Pine
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Pete
1955
6.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hamlet
1951
8.6
The Red Skelton Show
as Clarence Narrow
1951
7.4
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2