Richard Chamberlain
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-03-31
Day of Death
2025-03-29 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Beverly Hills, California, USA
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 has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.
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Known For
Acting
(2020)
(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)
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor
(2012)
We Are the Hartmans
as Mr. Hartman
(2012)
(2012)
Three Days of Hamlet
as Polonius
(2011)
The Perfect Family
as Monsignor Murphy
(2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Councilman Banks
(2007)
Strength and Honour
as Denis O'Leary
(2004)
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
as Narrator
(2003)
(2000)
The Pavilion
as Huddlestone
(2000)
Endangered Hawaiʻi
as Narrator
(1997)
River Made to Drown In
as Thaddeus MacKenzie
(1997)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
All the Winters that Have Been
as Dane Corvin
(1997)
The Lost Daughter
as Andrew McCracken
(1996)
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
as Ralph de Bricassart
(1996)
Bird of Prey
as Jonathan Griffith
(1993)
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Captain John Couch
(1991)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Night of the Hunter
as Harry Powell
(1991)
Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Ross Colburn
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Aramis
(1988)
The Bourne Identity Original film
as Jason Bourne
(1987)
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova
(1986)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Allan Quatermain
(1985)
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain
(1983)
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
as Frederick Cook
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Murder by Phone
as Nat Bridger
(1980)
Shogun
as Pilot-Major John Blackthorne
(1979)
(1978)
The Swarm
as Dr. Hubbard
(1978)
The Good Doctor
as Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
(1978)
Inside 'the Swarm'
as Self
(1977)
The Last Wave
as David Burton
(1977)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Louis XIV / Philippe
(1976)
The Slipper and the Rose
as Prince Edward
(1975)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
(1974)
The Towering Inferno
as Simmons
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Aramis
(1974)
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1974)
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Thomas Mendip
(1974)
The Little Mermaid
as Narrator
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as Aramis
(1972)
Lady Caroline Lamb
as George Gordon, Lord Byron
(1972)
The Woman I Love
as King Edward VIII
(1971)
The Music Lovers
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1970)
Julius Caesar
as Octavius Caesar / Augustus
(1969)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Reverend
(1968)
Petulia
as Dave Danner
(1968)
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
(1965)
Joy in the Morning
as Carl Brown
(1963)
Twilight of Honor
as David Mitchell
(1961)
A Thunder of Drums
as Lt. Porter
(1960)
The Secret of the Purple Reef
as Dean Christopher