Richard Chamberlain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 31, 1934
- Died
- Mar 29, 2025 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Credits
- 118
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.
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Known for
Twin Peaks
1990TV
Bill Kennedy
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007Movie
Councilman Banks
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Glenn
Chuck
2007TV
Adelbert De Smet
The Towering Inferno
1974Movie
Simmons
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015Movie
Highfather (voice)
Filmography
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024Movie
Self
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020Movie
Nat
Finding Julia
2019Movie
Igor
Nightmare Cinema
2018Movie
Dr. Mirari
The Black Ghiandola
2017Movie
Creepy Oncologist
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015Movie
Highfather (voice)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014Movie
Self - Actor
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
2012Movie
Self
We Are the Hartmans
2012Movie
Mr. Hartman
Three Days of Hamlet
2012Movie
Polonius
ThunderCats
2011TV
Zigg (voice)
The Perfect Family
2011Movie
Monsignor Murphy
Leverage
2008TV
Archie Leach
Strength and Honour
2007Movie
Denis O'Leary
Chuck
2007TV
Adelbert De Smet
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007Movie
Councilman Banks
Brothers and Sisters
2006TV
Jonathan Byrold
Blackbeard
2006TV
Gouverneur Charles Eden
Desperate Housewives
2004TV
Glenn
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004Movie
Narrator
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
2004TV
Narrator
Hustle
2004TV
James Whittaker Wright III
The Making of Shōgun
2003Movie
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Arthur Stiles
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003Movie
Self
The Pavilion
2000Movie
Huddlestone
Endangered Hawaiʻi
2000Movie
Narrator
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999TV
Bernard Lafferty
Will & Grace
1998TV
Clyde
River Made to Drown In
1997Movie
Thaddeus MacKenzie
All the Winters that Have Been
1997Movie
Dane Corvin
The View
1997TV
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Daughter
1997Movie
Andrew McCracken
Bird of Prey
1996Movie
Jonathan Griffith
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996Movie
Ralph de Bricassart
The Drew Carey Show
1995TV
Maggie Wick
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Jack Clay / Everett Clay
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993Movie
Captain John Couch
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
Night of the Hunter
1991Movie
Harry Powell
The Astronomers
1991TV
Narrator
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991Movie
Ross Colburn
Twin Peaks
1990TV
Bill Kennedy
Island Son
1989TV
The Return of the Musketeers
1989Movie
Aramis
The Bourne Identity
1988TV
Jason Bourne
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self
Casanova
1987Movie
Giacomo Casanova
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986Movie
Allan Quatermain
Dream West
1986TV
John Charles Fremont
King Solomon's Mines
1985Movie
Allan Quatermain
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985TV
Raoul Wallenberg
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983Movie
Frederick Cook
The Thorn Birds
1983TV
Ralph de Bricassart
Murder by Phone
1982Movie
Nat Bridger
Na sowas!
1982TV
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
Shogun
1980Movie
John Blackthorne
Shōgun
1980TV
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979Movie
The Good Doctor
1978Movie
Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
Centennial
1978TV
Alexander McKeag
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978TV
The Swarm
1978Movie
Dr. Hubbard
Inside 'the Swarm'
1978Movie
Self
The Last Wave
1977Movie
David Burton
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977Movie
Louis XIV / Philippe
The Slipper and the Rose
1976Movie
Prince Edward
The Christmas Messenger
1975Movie
Christmas Messenger
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975Movie
Edmond Dantès
The Towering Inferno
1974Movie
Simmons
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974Movie
Thomas Mendip
The Four Musketeers
1974Movie
Aramis
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
The Little Mermaid
1974Movie
Narrator
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
1974Movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Three Musketeers
1973Movie
Aramis
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972Movie
George Gordon, Lord Byron
The Woman I Love
1972Movie
King Edward VIII
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The Music Lovers
1971Movie
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Great Performances
1971TV
Anton Chekhov
Hamlet
1970Movie
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
1970Movie
Octavius Caesar / Augustus
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969Movie
The Reverend
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
Hamlet
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
1968Movie
The Director
Petulia
1968Movie
Dave Danner
The Portrait of a Lady
1968TV
Ralph Touchett
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968Movie
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967TV
Self - Guest
Joy in the Morning
1965Movie
Carl Brown
Twilight of Honor
1963Movie
David Mitchell
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Dr. James Kildare
A Thunder of Drums
1961Movie
Lt. Porter
The Secret of the Purple Reef
1960Movie
Dean Christopher
Thriller
1960TV
Larry Carter
Mr. Lucky
1959TV
Alec
Bourbon Street Beat
1959TV
Dale Wellington
The Deputy
1959TV
Jerry Kirk
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Host, Self - Host/Performer, Self - Presenter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Clay Pine
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Pete
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Today
1952TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Hamlet
The Red Skelton Show
1951TV
Clarence Narrow
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self - Mystery Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner