
Richard Chamberlain
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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
Credits

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
as Councilman Banks

The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Simmons

The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Aramis

The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Edmond Dantès

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
as Allan Quatermain

The Four Musketeers (1974)
as Aramis

The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
as Louis XIV / Philippe

Nightmare Cinema (2018)
as Dr. Mirari

Three Days of Hamlet (2012)
as Polonius

King Solomon's Mines (1985)
as Allan Quatermain

Petulia (1968)
as Dave Danner

The Last Wave (1977)
as David Burton

The Swarm (1978)
as Dr. Hubbard

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Self - Actor

Shogun (1980)
as John Blackthorne

The Black Ghiandola (2017)
as Creepy Oncologist

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
as Self

Julius Caesar (1970)
as Octavius Caesar / Augustus

Hamlet (1970)
as Hamlet

Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
as Highfather (voice)

The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
as Prince Edward

Casanova (1987)
as Giacomo Casanova

Murder by Phone (1982)
as Nat Bridger

The Perfect Family (2011)
as Monsignor Murphy

Bird of Prey (1996)
as Jonathan Griffith

The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Reverend

Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
as Captain John Couch

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968)
as Himself

The Music Lovers (1971)
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self

Twilight of Honor (1963)
as David Mitchell
The Making of Shōgun (2003)
Actor

River Made to Drown In (1997)
as Thaddeus MacKenzie

Joy in the Morning (1965)
as Carl Brown

Musical Comedy Tonight (1979)
Actor

The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as Aramis

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
as George Gordon, Lord Byron

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)

Strength and Honour (2007)
as Denis O'Leary

The Christmas Messenger (1975)
as Christmas Messenger

A Thunder of Drums (1961)
as Lt. Porter

Inside 'the Swarm' (1978)
as Self
We Are the Hartmans (2012)
as Mr. Hartman

The Good Doctor (1978)
as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles (1974)
as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl (2024)
as Self

Finding Julia (2019)
as Igor

Night of the Hunter (1991)
as Harry Powell

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
as Narrator

The Pavilion (2000)
as Huddlestone

The Little Mermaid (1974)
as Narrator
Endangered Hawaiʻi (2000)
as Narrator
The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
as Thomas Mendip

Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991)
as Ross Colburn

The Woman I Love (1972)
as King Edward VIII

All the Winters that Have Been (1997)
as Dane Corvin

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996)
as Ralph de Bricassart
Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five (1968)
as The Director

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
as Nat

The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
as Dean Christopher

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)
as Frederick Cook

The Lost Daughter (1997)
as Andrew McCracken

Christmas Around the World with Perry Como (2012)
as Self





