8.3
TV
Acting
Richard Chamberlain
- Born
- Died
- (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Credits
- 118 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
8.3
TV
6.1
Movie
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
7.7
TV
Chuck
7.0
Movie
The Towering Inferno
7.1
Movie
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
6.9
TV
Will & Grace
7.2
TV
Nip/Tuck
5.4
Movie
King Solomon's Mines
7.6
TV
Leverage
6.7
Movie
The Three Musketeers
4.9
Movie
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
5.8
Movie
Nightmare Cinema
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.9
TV
ThunderCats
7.6
TV
Shōgun
6.5
Movie
The Four Musketeers
6.7
Movie
The Last Wave
Acting credits 118
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl Film | Self |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens Film | Nat |
| 2019 | Finding Julia Film | Igor |
| 2018 | Nightmare Cinema Film | Dr. Mirari |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola Film | Creepy Oncologist |
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters Film | Highfather (voice) |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Film | Self - Actor |
| 2012 | Christmas Around the World with Perry Como Film | Self |
| 2012 | We Are the Hartmans Film | Mr. Hartman |
| 2012 | Three Days of Hamlet Film | Polonius |
| 2011 | ThunderCats TV | Zigg (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2011 | The Perfect Family Film | Monsignor Murphy |
| 2008 | Leverage TV | Archie Leach (2 ep) |
| 2007 | Strength and Honour Film | Denis O'Leary |
| 2007 | Chuck TV | Adelbert De Smet (2 ep) |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Film | Councilman Banks |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters TV | Jonathan Byrold (5 ep) |
| 2006 | Blackbeard TV | Gouverneur Charles Eden (2 ep) |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives TV | Glenn (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire Film | Narrator |
| 2004 | Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire TV | Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2004 | Hustle TV | James Whittaker Wright III (1 ep) |
| 2003 | The Making of Shōgun Film | |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck TV | Arthur Stiles (1 ep) |
| 2003 | ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration Film | Self |
| 2000 | The Pavilion Film | Huddlestone |
| 2000 | Endangered Hawaiʻi Film | Narrator |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke TV | Bernard Lafferty (4 ep) |
| 1998 | Will & Grace TV | Clyde (1 ep) |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In Film | Thaddeus MacKenzie |
| 1997 | All the Winters that Have Been Film | Dane Corvin |
| 1997 | The View TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Lost Daughter Film | Andrew McCracken |
| 1996 | Bird of Prey Film | Jonathan Griffith |
| 1996 | The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years Film | Ralph de Bricassart |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show TV | Maggie Wick (2 ep) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel TV | Jack Clay / Everett Clay (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Ordeal in the Arctic Film | Captain John Couch |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Night of the Hunter Film | Harry Powell |
| 1991 | The Astronomers TV | Narrator (6 ep) |
| 1991 | Aftermath: A Test of Love Film | Ross Colburn |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks TV | Bill Kennedy (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Island Son TV | (18 ep) |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers Film | Aramis |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity TV | Jason Bourne (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Casanova Film | Giacomo Casanova |
| 1986 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Film | Allan Quatermain |
| 1986 | Dream West TV | John Charles Fremont (3 ep) |
| 1985 | King Solomon's Mines Film | Allan Quatermain |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story TV | Raoul Wallenberg (2 ep) |
| 1983 | Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole Film | Frederick Cook |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds TV | Ralph de Bricassart (4 ep) |
| 1982 | Murder by Phone Film | Nat Bridger |
| 1982 | Na sowas! TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars Film | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Island Son TV | Producer (18 ep) |