Richard Chamberlain

Mar 31, 1934 - Mar 29, 2025 (90 years old) in Beverly Hills, California, USA

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

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Desperate Housewives

Glenn

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The Drew Carey Show

Maggie Wick

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Will & Grace

Clyde

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Touched by an Angel

Jack Clay / Everett Clay

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Twin Peaks

Bill Kennedy

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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Great Performances

Anton Chekhov

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Brothers and Sisters

Jonathan Byrold

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The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Guest

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Chuck

Adelbert De Smet

Credits

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens 2020

Nat

★ NR
Finding Julia 2019

Igor

★ NR
Nightmare Cinema 2018

Dr. Mirari

★ 5.8
The Black Ghiandola 2017

Creepy Oncologist

★ 7
Justice League: Gods and Monsters 2015

Highfather (voice)

★ 7.1
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014

Self - Actor

★ 7.2
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como 2012

Self

★ NR
We Are the Hartmans 2012

Mr. Hartman

★ 1
Three Days of Hamlet 2012

Polonius

★ 7
ThunderCats 2011

Zigg (voice)

★ 7.9
The Perfect Family 2011

Monsignor Murphy

★ 4.8
Leverage 2008

Archie Leach

★ 7.6
Strength and Honour 2007

Denis O'Leary

★ 5.1
Chuck 2007

Adelbert De Smet

★ 7.7
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 2007

Councilman Banks

★ 6.1
Brothers and Sisters 2006

Jonathan Byrold

★ 7.1
Blackbeard 2006

Gouverneur Charles Eden

★ 5.2
Desperate Housewives 2004

Glenn

★ 7.9
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire 2004

Narrator

★ 9.5
Hustle 2004

James Whittaker Wright III

★ 7.6
The Making of Shōgun 2003

★ NR
Nip/Tuck 2003

★ 7.2
The Pavilion 2000

Huddlestone

★ 10
Endangered Hawaiʻi 2000

Narrator

★ NR
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke 1999

Bernard Lafferty

★ 2
Will & Grace 1998

Clyde

★ 6.8
River Made to Drown In 1997

Thaddeus MacKenzie

★ 5
All the Winters that Have Been 1997

Dane Corvin

★ 4.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line 1997

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
The Lost Daughter 1997

Andrew McCracken

★ 2
Bird of Prey 1996

Jonathan Griffith

★ 5
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years 1996

Ralph de Bricassart

★ 6.9
The Drew Carey Show 1995

Maggie Wick

★ 6.6
Touched by an Angel 1994

Jack Clay / Everett Clay

★ 7.2
Ordeal in the Arctic 1993

Captain John Couch

★ 5
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire 1991

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
Night of the Hunter 1991

Harry Powell

★ 5.7
The Astronomers 1991

Narrator

★ NR
Aftermath: A Test of Love 1991

Ross Colburn

★ 5.2
Twin Peaks 1990

Bill Kennedy

★ 8.3
Island Son 1989

★ 5
The Return of the Musketeers 1989

Aramis

★ 6.2
The Bourne Identity Original film 1988

Jason Bourne

★ NR
The Bourne Identity 1988

Jason Bourne

★ 6.5
Casanova 1987

Giacomo Casanova

★ 4.6
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986

Allan Quatermain

★ 4.7
Dream West 1986

★ 5
King Solomon's Mines 1985

Allan Quatermain

★ 5.4
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story 1985

Raoul Wallenberg

★ 6
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole 1983

Frederick Cook

★ 6
The Thorn Birds 1983

Ralph de Bricassart

★ 7.2
Murder by Phone 1982

Nat Bridger

★ 5.3
Night of 100 Stars 1982

Self

★ 6.7
Shogun 1980

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne

★ 8
Shōgun 1980

Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

★ 7.7
Musical Comedy Tonight 1979

★ NR
The Good Doctor 1978

Anton Chekhov / Various Roles

★ 0.5
Centennial 1978

Alexander McKeag

★ 7.6
Challenge of the Super Friends 1978

★ 6.9
The Swarm 1978

Dr. Hubbard

★ 4.9
Inside 'the Swarm' 1978

Self

★ 10
The Last Wave 1977

David Burton

★ 6.7
The Man in the Iron Mask 1977

Louis XIV / Philippe

★ 6.4
The Slipper and the Rose 1976

Prince Edward

★ 6.9
The Count of Monte-Cristo 1975

Edmond Dantès

★ 6.8
The Towering Inferno 1974

Simmons

★ 7
The Lady's Not for Burning 1974

Thomas Mendip

★ NR
The Four Musketeers 1974

Aramis

★ 6.4
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles 1974

F. Scott Fitzgerald

★ 5.5
The Little Mermaid 1974

Narrator

★ 5
The Three Musketeers 1973

Aramis

★ 6.8
Lady Caroline Lamb 1972

George Gordon, Lord Byron

★ 5.8
The Woman I Love 1972

King Edward VIII

★ NR
The Music Lovers 1971

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

★ 6.6
Great Performances 1971

Anton Chekhov

★ 5.6
Julius Caesar 1970

Octavius Caesar / Augustus

★ 5.7
The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969

The Reverend

★ 7.1
Petulia 1968

Dave Danner

★ 5.9
The Portrait of a Lady 1968

★ NR
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie 1968

Himself

★ NR
The Carol Burnett Show 1967

Self - Guest

★ 7.7
Joy in the Morning 1965

Carl Brown

★ 3.5
Twilight of Honor 1963

David Mitchell

★ 6.7
Dr. Kildare 1961

Dr. Kildare

★ 5.5
A Thunder of Drums 1961

Lt. Porter

★ 5.4
The Secret of the Purple Reef 1960

Dean Christopher

★ 2.5
Thriller 1960

Larry Carter

★ 6.4
Mr. Lucky 1959

Alec

★ 6.4
Bourbon Street Beat 1959

★ 5
Tony Awards 1956

Self - Host/Performer

★ 4.6
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Clay Pine

★ 7.7
Gunsmoke 1955

Pete

★ 6.6
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Hamlet

★ 8.6
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9

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