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