Richard Chamberlain
{{Short description|American actor (1934–2025)}}
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| birth_name = George Richard Chamberlain
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|03|31}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|03|29|1934|03|31}}
| death_place = Waimānalo, Hawaii, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}
| years_active = 1958–2019
| partner = {{Unbulleted list|Wesley Eure (1975–1976)|Martin Rabbett (1977–2010)}}
| education = Pomona College (BA, 1956)
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George Richard Chamberlain (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American actor and singer who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently earned the title "King of the Mini-Series" for his work in several TV miniseries such as Centennial (1978), Shōgun (1980), and The Thorn Birds (1983). Chamberlain also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.
Chamberlain played the role of Aramis in the film trilogy The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), and The Return of the Musketeers (1989); portrayed Allan Quatermain in both King Solomon's Mines (1985) and Lost City of Gold (1986); and was the first actor to play Jason Bourne, starring in the 1988 television film The Bourne Identity.
Early life
George Richard Chamberlain was born on March 31, 1934, at the now-closed Angelus Hospital on Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles,[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380267295 "Births"]. Los Angeles Times. April 5, 1934. the second son of Elsa Winnifred (née von Benzon; later Matthews) and Charles Axion "Chuck" Chamberlain, who was a shop equipment salesman from Indiana.{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/family/shattuck.html |title=Ancestry of William Shattuck |first=William Addams |last=Reitwiesner |website=Wargs.com |access-date=May 5, 2012}}{{cite web |date=March 31, 1935 |title=Richard Chamberlain Online Article 139 |url=http://www.richard-chamberlain.co.uk/articles/article139.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818000446/http://www.richard-chamberlain.co.uk/articles/article139.htm |archive-date=2010-08-18 |access-date=May 5, 2012 |website=Richard Chamberlain Online |publisher=Richard-chamberlain.co.uk}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/abram-william-foote/foote-family-comprising-the-genealogy-and-history-of-nathaniel-foote-of-wether-too-18/page-33-foote-family-comprising-the-genealogy-and-history-of-nathaniel-foote-of-wether-too-18.shtml |title=Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City |first=Abraham W. |last=Foote |location=Burlington, Vt. |publisher=Free Press Printing Co. |year=1932| volume=2 |page=33}} His mother was of part German descent. Charles worked in real estate and the supermarket business before running a refrigerator business from 1956 to 1970 and, later, authoring the book "A New Pair of Glasses". Chamberlain had a brother William, who worked alongside their father in the family business.{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=G. M. |date=1985-01-02 |title=Laguna Beach : Richard Chamberlain's Father Dies at 82 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-02-me-6114-story.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250330151811/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-02-me-6114-story.html |archive-date=2025-03-30 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} In 1952, Chamberlain graduated from Beverly Hills High School,{{cite web |title=Chamberlain, Richard 1934– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/chamberlain-richard-1934 |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher=Cengage |access-date=March 29, 2022}} and later attended Pomona College ('56) where he received a bachelor's degree in art history and painting.{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/richard-chamberlain |title=Richard Chamberlain |website=Biography |date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2020}}{{cite journal| title=Celebrate!| url=https://magazine.pomona.edu/2015/summer/celebrate/ |date=August 3, 2015 |first=Gretchen|last=Rognlien |journal=Pomona College Alumni Magazine|page=46|access-date=March 11, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2025-03-30 |title=Richard Chamberlain, Actor in 'Shogun' and 'Dr. Kildare,' Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/arts/television/richard-chamberlain-dead.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Chamberlain was drafted into the United States Army and served from 1956 to 1958. He attained the rank of sergeant while stationed in post-war Korea.{{Cite web |last=Ogunjimi |first=Busayo |date=2021-10-24 |title=Heartthrob Richard Chamberlain Disliked & Feared Himself ‘Intensely’ Hiding Sexuality for Years |url=https://news.amomama.com/281455-heartthrob-richard-chamberlain-disliked.html |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=AmoMama |language=en}}[https://www.richardchamberlain.com/richard-chamberlain-biography Richard Chamberlain, Biography] www.richardchamberlain.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
Career
Chamberlain co-founded a Los Angeles–based theater group Company of Angels, and began appearing on television in guest roles in the early 1960s. In 1961, he gained widespread fame as the young intern Dr. James Kildare in the NBC/MGM television series of the same name, co-starring with Raymond Massey. Chamberlain's singing ability also led to some hit singles in the early 1960s, including the "Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)," which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2025-03-30 |title=Richard Chamberlain Dies at 90: TV Icon Had a Top 5 Album & Top 10 Single in Early 1960s |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/richard-chamberlain-dies-tv-icon-hit-records-music-1235935075/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Dr. Kildare ended in 1966, after which Chamberlain began performing on the theater circuit. In 1966, he was cast opposite Mary Tyler Moore in the ill-fated Broadway musical Breakfast at Tiffany's, co-starring Priscilla Lopez, which, after an out-of-town tryout period, closed after only four previews. Decades later, he returned to Broadway in revivals of My Fair Lady{{cite news| title=Richard Chamberlain Stars in a Revival of 'My Fair Lady' on Broadway| url=https://apnews.com/dd12c8c5d36fa71c92cee97596f0beff| last=Kuchwara| first=Michael| date=December 10, 1993| work=Associated Press| access-date=March 11, 2020}} and The Sound of Music.{{cite journal |title=Laura Benanti & Richard Chamberlain To Make Bway Sound of Music Mar. 10| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/laura-benanti-richard-chamberlain-to-make-bway-sound-of-music-mar-10-com-79885| first1=Robert| last1=Simonson| first2=Seth| last2=McGrath| date=February 4, 1999| journal=Playbill}}
At the end of the 1960s, Chamberlain spent a period of time in England, where he played in repertory theater and in the BBC's Portrait of a Lady (1968), becoming recognized as a serious actor. The following year, he starred opposite Katharine Hepburn in the film The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969). While in England, he took vocal coaching and in 1969 performed the title role in Hamlet for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, becoming the first American to play the role there since John Barrymore in 1925. He received excellent notices{{Cite news |last=Emerson |first=Gloria |date=1969-04-07 |title=Alas, Poor Dr. Kildare; Hamlet's Done Him In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/07/archives/alas-poor-dr-kildare-hamlets-done-him-in.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and reprised the role for television in 1970 for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. A recording of the presentation was released by RCA Red Seal Records and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
In the 1970s, Chamberlain appeared in The Music Lovers (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (playing Lord Byron; 1973), The Three Musketeers (1973) and its sequel The Four Musketeers (1974) playing Aramis, The Lady's Not for Burning (made for television, 1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), (in a villainous turn as a dishonest engineer), and The Count of Monte Cristo (1975). In The Slipper and the Rose (1976), a musical version of the Cinderella story, co-starring Gemma Craven, he displayed his vocal talents. A television film, William Bast's The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), followed. The same year, he starred in Peter Weir's film The Last Wave (1977).
Chamberlain later appeared in several popular television mini-series (earning him a nickname of "King of the Mini-Series"),{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/arts/television-richard-chamberlain-s-mini-series-mastery.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm| title=Richard Chamberlain's Mini-Series Mastery| newspaper=The New York Times| date=May 1, 1988| access-date=September 21, 2012| last=Harmetz| first=Aljean}} including Centennial (1978–79), Shōgun (1980), and The Thorn Birds (1983), as Father Ralph de Bricassart with Rachel Ward and Barbara Stanwyck co-starring. In the 1980s, he appeared as leading man, playing Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines (1985) and its sequel Lost City of Gold (1986), and played Jason Bourne/David Webb in the television film version of The Bourne Identity (1988),{{cite web |title=Richard Chamberlain Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/richard-chamberlain/credits/3000200740/ |work=tvguide.com |access-date=October 24, 2024}} and reprised the role of Aramis in the last of the trilogy The Return of the Musketeers (1989).
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|Beverly Garland, Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey in the first episode of Dr. Kildare (1961)
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|Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare), Daniela Bianchi and Raymond Massey (Dr. Gillespie) from the television program Dr. Kildare in 1964
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|Chamberlain, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bob Merrill rehearsing Breakfast at Tiffany's in the mid-1960s
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|Chamberlain and photographer Yoni S. Hamenachem on the set of King Solomon's Mines in Zimbabwe
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From the 1990s to his death in 2025, Chamberlain appeared mainly in television films, on stage, and as a guest star on such series as The Drew Carey Show and Will & Grace. in 1991, he appeared in a TV movie version of Davis Grubb's The Night of the Hunter that received mixed reviews. He starred as Henry Higgins in the 1993–1994 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. In the fall of 2005, Chamberlain appeared in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical. In 2006, Chamberlain guest-starred in an episode of the British drama series Hustle, as well as season 4 of Nip/Tuck. In 2007, Chamberlain guest-starred as Glen Wingfield, Lynette Scavo's stepfather in episode 80 (Season 4, Episode 8, "Distant Past") of Desperate Housewives.
In 2008 and 2009, Chamberlain appeared as King Arthur in the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot. In 2010 and 2012, he appeared as Archie Leach in season 3, episode 3 and season 4, episode 18 of the series Leverage,{{cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/touring-productions/news/11-2008/richard-chamberlain-to-join-spamalot-tour-in-chica_16324.html |title=Notice of Chamberlain's national tour in Spamalot |website=Theatermania.com |date=November 18, 2008| first=Dan |last=Bacalzo |access-date=December 5, 2013}} as well as two episodes of season 4 of Chuck where he played a villain known only as The Belgian.{{cite web |url=http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/chuck-episode-409-chuck-versus-phase.html |title=Chuck – Episode 4.09 – Chuck versus Phase Three – Synopsis |website=SpoilerTV.com |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=May 5, 2012}} Chamberlain also appeared in several episodes of Brothers & Sisters, playing an old friend and love-interest of Saul's.{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/10/12/brothers-sisters-richard-chamberlain/ |title='Brothers & Sisters' Exclusive: Richard Chamberlain joins the cast as... Saul's ex? |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=October 12, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} He also appeared in the independent film We Are the Hartmans in 2011. In 2012, Chamberlain appeared on stage in the Pasadena Playhouse as Dr. Sloper in the play The Heiress.{{cite news| title=Pasadena Playhouse's Heiress Will Star Heather Tom, Julia Duffy and Richard Chamberlain| url=https://www.playbill.com/article/pasadena-playhouses-heiress-will-star-heather-tom-julia-duffy-and-richard-chamberlain-com-187590| last=Jones| first=Kenneth| magazine=Playbill| date=February 16, 2012}}
In 2017, Chamberlain appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return as Bill Kennedy.
Personal life and death
Chamberlain never married and had no children. He was not open about his homosexuality for most of his career, to protect his privacy and his acting opportunities. He was outed as a gay man by the French women's magazine Nous Deux in December 1989, but did not confirm that he was gay until the publication of his 2003 autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir.{{cite magazine |title=Out gay actor Richard Chamberlain says he 'wouldn't advise' closeted gay actors to come out. Didn't seem to hurt his career. |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/12/27/richard-chamberlain-gay-actors-coming-out/ |first=Adam B. |last=Vary |date=December 27, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}
Chamberlain was romantically involved with actor Wesley Eure in the 1970s.{{cite news |title=Wesley Eure: "I Got Fired From Days for Being Gay" |url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/06/04/wesley-eure-i-got-fired-from-days-for-being-gay |date=March 28, 2015 |work=Daytime Confidential |last=Giddens |first=Jamey }}
In 1977, Chamberlain began a long-term relationship with actor and producer Martin Rabbett.{{cite web |date=September 2007 |title=Interview 41 |url=http://www.richard-chamberlain.co.uk/interview41.htm |access-date=February 4, 2020 |website=richard-chamberlain.co.uk}} Rabbett played the brother of Chamberlain's lead character in the 1986 film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. They began living together in Hawaii in 1986 and had a private commitment ceremony. The couple separated amicably (but temporarily) in 2010, with Chamberlain moving to Los Angeles.{{cite news |date=April 12, 2010 |title=Richard Chamberlain returns to LA |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/richard-chamberlain-returns-to-la-14764530.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028140101/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/richard-chamberlain-returns-to-la-14764530.html |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=June 18, 2010 |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}} In a 2014 interview, Chamberlain said that during the time he and Rabbett were not intimately involved, they remained close friends.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/fashion/at-80-richard-chamberlain-is-ready-to-speak-volumes.html |title=At 80, Richard Chamberlain Is Ready to Speak Volumes |last=McElroy |first=Steven |date=November 28, 2014 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 4, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} According to Chamberlain's obituary in The New York Times, Rabbett and Chamberlain had resumed living together in Hawaii where he died. Rabbett was considered to be his "only immediate survivor".
Chamberlain died of complications from a stroke in Waimānalo, Hawaii, on March 29, 2025, at the age of 90.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/richard-chamberlain-dead-dies-shogun-thorn-birds-1236351970/ |title=Richard Chamberlain, TV's Dr. Kildare, Shogun, Thorn Birds Star, Dies at 90 |last=Natale |first=Richard |date=March 30, 2025 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}
Filmography
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=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1960
| The Secret of the Purple Reef | Dean Christopher | |
| 1961
| Lieutenant Porter | |
| 1963
| David Mitchell | |
| 1965
| Carl Brown | |
| 1968
| Petulia | David Danner | |
| 1969
| Roderick | |
| 1970
| Octavius | |
| 1971
| |
| 1972
| |
| 1973
| Aramis | |
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| Roger Simmons | |
| The Four Musketeers
| Aramis | |
| 1975
| The Christmas Messenger | Christmas Messenger | Short film |
| 1976
| Prince Edward | |
| 1977
| David Burton | |
| 1978
| Dr. Hubbard | |
| 1982
| Nat Bridger | |
| 1985
| rowspan="2" | Allan Quatermain | |
| 1986
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | |
| 1989
| The Return of the Musketeers | Aramis | |
| 1995
| Bird of Prey | Jonathan Griffith | |
| 1997
| Thaddeus MacKenzie | rowspan="2"| Direct-to-video |
| 1999
| Huddlestone |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Councilman Banks | |
| Strength and Honour
| Denis O'Leary | |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Monsignor Murphy | |
| We Are the Hartmans
| Hartman | |
| 2015
| Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Voice; direct-to-video |
| 2018
| Dr. Mirari | |
=Television films=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1972
| The Woman I Love | King Edward VIII | |
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| The Lady's Not For Burning | Thomas Mendip | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'
| |
| 1975
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| 1977
| Louis XIV and Philippe | |
| 1983
| Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole | |
| 1985
| |
| 1987
| Casanova | |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| Aftermath: A Test of Love | Ross Colburn | |
| Night of the Hunter
| |
| 1993
| Captain John Couch | |
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| All the Winters That Have Been | Dane Corvin | |
| The Lost Daughter
| Andrew McCracken | |
=Television series=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 1959
| Clay Pine | Season 5 Episode 11: "Road Hog" |
| rowspan="6" | 1960
| Rescue 8 | {{n/a}} | Episode: "High Explosive" |
| Bourbon Street Beat
| Dale Wellington | Episode: "Target of Hate" |
| Gunsmoke
| Pete | Episode: "The Bobsy Twins" |
| Mr. Lucky
| Alec | Episode: "Operation Fortuna" |
| Thriller
| Larry Carter | Episode: "The Watcher" |
| Riverboat
| Lieutenant Dave Winslow | Episode: "Chicota Landing" |
| rowspan="2" | 1961
| Jerry | Episode: "Edge of Doubt" |
| Whispering Smith
| Chris Harrington | Episode: "Stain of Justice" |
| 1961–1966
| rowspan="2"| Dr. James Kildare | Title role |
| 1963
| Episode: "Four Feet in the Morning" |
| 1968
| Ralph Touchett | Main cast |
| 1978–1979
| Alexander McKeag | rowspan="5"| Miniseries; main cast |
| 1980
| Shōgun |
| 1983
| Ralph de Bricassart |
| 1986 |
| 1988 |
| 1989–1990
| Dr. Daniel Kulani | Main cast |
| 1996
| The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | Ralph de Bricassart | rowspan="2"| Miniseries; main cast |
| 1999 |
| 2000
| Everett / Jack Clay | Episode: "The Face on the Bar Room Floor" |
| 2002
| Maggie Wick | 2 episodes |
| 2005
| Clyde | Episode: "Steams Like Old Times" |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| Hustle | James Whittaker Wright III | Episode: "Whittaker Our Way Out" |
| Nip/Tuck
| Arthur Stiles | Episode: "Blu Mondae" |
| Blackbeard
| Miniseries; main cast |
| 2007
| Glen Wingfield | Episode: "Distant Past" |
| 2010
| Chuck | Adelbert De Smet | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2011
| Jonathan Byrold | Recurring role (season 5) |
| 2010–2012
| Leverage | Archie Leach | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Zigg | Voice; episode: "Forest of Magi Oar" |
| 2017
| Bill Kennedy | Episode: "Part Four" |
Discography
{{More citations needed|section|date=March 2025}}
; From Richard Chamberlain Sings
- "Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" (1962) – US #10; UK No. 12; CAN No. 4{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/62-07-02-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade − July 2, 1962}}
- "Love Me Tender" (1962) – US #21; UK No. 15; CAN No. 31{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/62-10-22-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade − October 22, 1962}}
- "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (1963) – US No. 14; CAN No. 6{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-04-01-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade − April 1, 1963}}
- "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (1963) – US #64; UK No. 20; CAN No. 6{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-04-01-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade − April 1, 1963}}
- "I Will Love You" (1963) – US No. 65
- "True Love" (1963) – US #98; UK No. 30
; From Twilight of Honor
- "Blue Guitar"/"They Long to Be Close to You" (1963) – US No. 42; CAN No. 30{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-11-04-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade − November 4, 1963}}
; From Richard Chamberlain (aka Joy in the Morning)
- "Joy in the Morning" (1964)
- "Rome Will Never Leave You" (1964) – US No. 99
; From The Slipper and the Rose
- "Secret Kingdom" (1976)
- "He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me" (1976)
- "What a Comforting Thing to Know" (1976)
- "Why Can't I Be Two People?" (1976)
- "Bride-Finding Ball" (1976)
; From Haleakala: How Maui Snared The Sun/Clarinet Concerto
- "Haleakala: How Maui Snared The Sun (Tone Poem) (1991), composed by Dan Welcher, performed with the Honolulu Symphony"
Awards and nominations
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Published works
- {{Cite book |last=Chamberlain |first=Richard |date=3 June 2003 |title=Shattered Love: A Memoir |location=New York |publisher=Regan Books |isbn=0-06-008743-9 |oclc=52178565}}
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