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.

Filmography

• 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens — Nat
• 2019Finding Julia — Igor
• 2018Nightmare Cinema — Dr. Mirari
• 2017The Black Ghiandola — Creepy Oncologist
• 2015Justice League: Gods and Monsters — Highfather (voice)
• 2012Three Days of Hamlet — Polonius
• 2012We Are the Hartmans — Mr. Hartman
• 2011The Perfect Family — Monsignor Murphy
• ThunderCats — Zigg (voice)
• Leverage — Archie Leach
• Chuck — Adelbert De Smet
• 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry — Councilman Banks
• 2007Strength and Honour — Denis O'Leary
• Blackbeard — Gouverneur Charles Eden
• Brothers and Sisters — Jonathan Byrold
• Desperate Housewives — Glenn
• Hustle — James Whittaker Wright III
• 2004Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire — Narrator
• Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire — Narrator
• Nip/Tuck — Arthur Stiles
• 2003The Making of Shōgun
• 2000Endangered Hawaiʻi — Narrator
• 2000The Pavilion — Huddlestone
• Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke — Bernard Lafferty
• Will & Grace — Clyde
• 1997All the Winters that Have Been — Dane Corvin
• 1997River Made to Drown In — Thaddeus MacKenzie
• 1997The Lost Daughter — Andrew McCracken
• 1996Bird of Prey — Jonathan Griffith
• 1996The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years — Ralph de Bricassart
• The Drew Carey Show — Maggie Wick
• Touched by an Angel — Jack Clay / Everett Clay
• 1993Ordeal in the Arctic — Captain John Couch
• 1991Aftermath: A Test of Love — Ross Colburn
• 1991Night of the Hunter — Harry Powell
• The Astronomers — Narrator
• Twin Peaks — Bill Kennedy
• Island Son — Producer
• 1989The Return of the Musketeers — Aramis
• The Bourne Identity — Jason Bourne
• 1987Casanova — Giacomo Casanova
• 1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold — Allan Quatermain
• Dream West — John Charles Fremont
• 1985King Solomon's Mines — Allan Quatermain
• Wallenberg: A Hero's Story — Raoul Wallenberg
• 1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole — Frederick Cook
• The Thorn Birds — Ralph de Bricassart
• 1982Murder by Phone — Nat Bridger
• 1980Shogun — John Blackthorne
• Shōgun — Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
• 1979Musical Comedy Tonight
• Centennial — Alexander McKeag
• Challenge of the Super Friends
• 1978The Good Doctor — Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
• 1978The Swarm — Dr. Hubbard
• 1977The Last Wave — David Burton
• 1977The Man in the Iron Mask — Louis XIV / Philippe
• 1976The Slipper and the Rose — Prince Edward
• 1975The Christmas Messenger — Christmas Messenger
• 1975The Count of Monte-Cristo — Edmond Dantès
• 1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1974The Four Musketeers — Aramis
• 1974The Lady's Not for Burning — Thomas Mendip
• 1974The Little Mermaid — Narrator
• 1974The Towering Inferno — Simmons
• 1973The Three Musketeers — Aramis
• 1972Lady Caroline Lamb — George Gordon, Lord Byron
• 1972The Woman I Love — King Edward VIII
• Great Performances — Anton Chekhov
• 1971The Music Lovers — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• 1970Hamlet — Hamlet
• 1970Julius Caesar — Octavius Caesar / Augustus
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Hamlet
• 1969The Madwoman of Chaillot — The Reverend
• 1968Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five — The Director
• 1968Petulia — Dave Danner
• The Portrait of a Lady — Ralph Touchett
• 1965Joy in the Morning — Carl Brown
• 1963Twilight of Honor — David Mitchell
• 1961A Thunder of Drums — Lt. Porter
• Dr. Kildare — Dr. James Kildare
• 1960The Secret of the Purple Reef — Dean Christopher
• Thriller — Larry Carter
• Bourbon Street Beat — Dale Wellington
• Mr. Lucky — Alec
• The Deputy — Jerry Kirk
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Clay Pine
• Gunsmoke — Pete
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Hamlet
• The Red Skelton Show — Clarence Narrow

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2024Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl — Self
• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Self - Actor
• 2012Christmas Around the World with Perry Como — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)
• The View — Self
• 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire — Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Na sowas! — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• 1978Inside 'the Swarm' — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• 1968Petulia: The Uncommon Movie — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Host/Performer, Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner