Richard Chamberlain Biography
Richard Chamberlain (Full Name – George Richard Chamberlain) is an American stage and screen actor and singer who was born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. He shot to fame in the early 1960s after he became a teen idol in 1961 for his role in the Tv show Dr. Kildare. In this show, he played the role of a medical intern as Dr. Kildare. He then recorded several pop singles which further contributed to the growth of his fan-base. Three Stars Will Shine Tonight, which was his theme song for the show Dr.Kildare, featured in the Billboard Hot 100 Charts at number 10.
Richard Chamberlain Age
Chamberlain was born on March 31, 1934, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The veteran actor co-founded a Los Angeles–based theatre group, Company of Angels, and began appearing in television series in the 1950s. Chamberlain is 86 years old in 2020.
Richard Chamberlain Height
He is tall in stature standing at a height of 6 feet 7 inches (Approx. 1.85 m). He maintains an average weight of 75 kg (165 lbs).
Richard Chamberlain Family
Chamberlain was born in Beverly Hills, LA, to Charles Axiom Chamberlain and Elsa Winnifred. His father worked as a salesman and his mother was a singer and actress. He had a difficult childhood with his father battling alcoholism. He was the second-born in a family of two children, the other was his older brother Bill.
Richard Chamberlain Martin Rabbett
In the early 1970s, Chamberlain was rumored to be having an affair with television actor Wesley Eure. Years later, in 1977, he met actor, writer, and producer Martin Rabbett with whom he began a romantic relationship. It took Chamberlain a long time before he could come out as openly gay as he believed that doing so would hurt his career trajectory.
This relationship culminated in a civil marriage between the couple in the state of Hawaii in 1984. It was not until 2003 that Chamberlain confirmed rumors that dogged most of his adult life, that he was gay, at the age of 69 years.
They lived in Hawaii from 1986 to 2010. Chamberlain legally adopted Rabbett as a means to protect his future estate. Rabbett and Chamberlain starred together in several films including an adventure comedy (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold) where they played as brothers Allan and Robeson Quatermain. In 2010, the couple separated, albeit temporarily, when Chamberlain returned to Los Angeles in pursuit of career opportunities. Rabbett was left behind in Hawaii.
Dr. Kildare Richard Chamberlain
Dr. Kildare is an NBC medical drama television series which was aired from September 28, 1961, until August 30, 1966, starring Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare. The series ran for five seasons comprised of 191 episodes. It was based on fictional doctor characters, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (a senior doctor), and Dr. James Kildare (young intern). The series’ overnight success shot Chamberlain into stardom.
The plot of the television series involves a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Richard Chamberlain Shattered Love
Shattered love is Chamberlain’s (2003) autobiography. He had hidden the fact that he was gay for most of his career because he felt that doing so would have negatively impacted his professional life. In this book, he recounts his lifelong struggle to find happiness.
He narrates his fight within to come to terms with his own imperfections, his huge desire to be honest about his sexual orientation and his longing to live openly. Inside the text, he educates on overcoming self-imposed obstacles to happiness, the importance of listening to our own instincts, not setting unachievable goals for ourselves and exploring negative feelings in order to progress.
Richard Chamberlain Miniseries Thorn Birds
The American television miniseries The Thorn Birds broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Philip Anglim and others. The series was instantly successful and became the second highest-rated miniseries of all time, behind Roots, in the US. The series is based on a 1977 best-selling novel by the Australian author Colleen McCullough bearing the same name. The novel is the best selling book in Australian history having sold over 33 million copies worldwide.
Richard Chamberlain stars as a priest who has feelings for a young woman named Meggie. When the attraction between Meggie and Father Ralph becomes obvious, Meggie’s wealthy aunt forces Father Ralph to make a choice between his feelings and his ambitions to rise within the ranks of the Catholic Church. Even though he chooses the church, as years go by, he continues to be drawn back to Meggie. Sometimes, the consequences of this choice are dreadful.
Jason Bourne Richard Chamberlain
The Bourne Identity is a 1988 American action television film based on Robert Ludlum’s novel The Bourne Identity. The film stars Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne and Jaclyn Smith as Marie St. Jacques. Bourne is shot and left for dead but he is rescued from the sea without memory of who he really is. It is a retired doctor who takes care of the unconscious stranger after finding him.
When the mysterious man recovers, he can’t remember a thing; he does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why an access code is implanted in his thigh. The code belongs to an anonymous Swiss bank account. With the killers still in his pursuit, Bourne has to face the threat to his life, overcome his own amnesia and also uncover the mystery of his past.
Richard Chamberlain Today | Now
Chamberlain was away from the limelight for a while after appearing in The Perfect Family in 2011. In 2015 he featured as a voice in the animated superhero film Justice League: Gods and Monsters. In 2017 he made a TV appearance in ‘Twin Peaks’ revival.
Chamberlain then made his return to film in 2018 with Nightmare Cinema. However, the film was an independent one, therefore, it didn’t have a large release. In Nightmare Cinema, he starred alongside Mickey Rourke and Patrick Wilson among others. Chamberlain hasn’t completely retired from acting but has taken on fewer roles at his age, 86 years.
Richard Chamberlain Net Worth
Chamberlain began his acting career in the 1950s. He has earned his income as a singer and actor in an illustrious career spanning six decades. Chamberlain is estimated to have a net worth of $20 million.
Richard Chamberlain Home
Chamberlain lived in Honolulu, Hawaii (with his partner, Martin Rabbett) from the mid-1980s to 2010. After leaving Hawaii in 2010, he currently lives in a three-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.
Richard Chamberlain Death | Richard Chamberlain Orbituary
Chamberlain is alive and well at the age of 86 years. However, On December 15, 2018, Mr. Richard C. Chamberlain lost his life at his home in Newcastle. This particular man was not related in any way with Richard (the actor) apart from sharing a name with him. This death, however, occasioned a lot of confusion with fake news spreading that Chamberlain (the actor) had died.
Richard Chamberlain Albums
Chamberlain is also a singer besides being an actor. He released several works with the most successful being his first album of 1962 titled, “Richard Chamberlain Sings”. The album was an attempt to expand his career and capitalize on the great popularity of Chamberlain’s television series, Dr. Kildare. It contained singles:
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
All I Have to Do Is Dream
I Will Love You
I Hadn’t Anyone ‘Til You
Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)
It’s a Lonesome Old Town
True Love
I’ll Be Around
Love Me Tender
All I Do Is Dream of You
A Quiet Kind of Love
Richard Chamberlain Awards
1981, Shōgun – Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama.
1980, Golden Apple Award for Male Star of the Year
1984, The Thorn Birds – Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
1963, Dr. Kildare – Golden Globe Award for Best TV Star – Male
1962, Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actor
Richard Chamberlain Movies And Tv Shows
Movies
Richard Chamberlain 2000s
Richard Chamberlain 2018, Nightmare Cinema, as Dr. Mirari.
2015, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, as Highfather (voice).
2011, The Perfect Family, as Monsignor Murphy.
2011, We Are the Hartmans, as Hartman.
2007, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, as Councilman Banks.
2006, Strength and Honor, as Denis O’Leary.
2004, The Pavilion, as Huddlestone.
Richard Chamberlain 1980s-90s
1997, A River Made to Drown In, as Thaddeus MacKenzie.
1995, Bird of Prey, as Jonathan Griffith.
1989, The Return of the Musketeers, as Aramis.
1986, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, as Allan Quatermain.
1985, King Solomon’s Mines, as Allan Quatermain.
1982, Murder by Phone, as Nat Bridger.
Richard Chamberlain 1960s-70s
1978, The Swarm, as Dr. Hubbard
1977, The Last Wave, as David Burton.
1976, The Slipper and the Rose, as Prince Edward.
1975, The Christmas Messenger, as Christmas Messenger.
1975, The Count of Monte Cristo, as Edmond Dantes.
1974, The Towering Inferno, as Roger Simmons.
1974, The Four Musketeers, as Aramis.
1973, The Three Musketeers, as Aramis.
1972, Lady Caroline Lamb, as Lord Byron.
1970, Julius Caesar, as Octavius Caesar/Augustus.
1970, The Music Lovers, as Tchaikovsky.
1969, The Madwoman of Chaillot, as Roderick.
1968, Petulia, as David Danner.
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.
Richard Chamberlain Tv Shows
2017, Twin Peaks, Bill Kennedy
2011, Thundercats, Zigg (voice)
2010–12, Leverage, Archie Leach
2010–11, Brothers & Sisters, Jonathan Byrold
2010, Chuck, Adelbert De Smet
2007, Desperate Housewives, Glen Wingfield
2006, Hustle, James Whittaker Wright III
2006, Nip/Tuck, Arthur Stiles
2005, Will & Grace, Clyde
2002, The Drew Carey Show, Maggie Wick
2000, Touched by an Angel, Everett/Jack Clay
1989–90, Island Son, Dr. Daniel Kulani
1983, The Thorn Birds, Ralph de Bricassart
1980, Shōgun, Pilot-Major John Blackthorne
1978–79, Centennial, Alexander McKeag
1967, The Portrait of a Lady, Ralph Touchett
1961–66, Dr. Kildare, Dr. James Kildare
1961, The Deputy, Jerry
1961, Whispering Smith, Chris Harrington
1960, Rescue 8, N/A
1960, Bourbon Street Beat, Dale Wellington
1960, Gunsmoke, Pete
1960, Thriller, Larry Carter
1955, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Clay Pine
Frequently Asked Questions About Richard Chamberlain
How Old Is Richard Chamberlain?
He is 86 years old as of 2020. He was born on March 31, 1934, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Where is Richard Chamberlain now?
Chamberlain hasn’t completely retired from acting but has taken on fewer roles at his age, 86 years.
How much is Richard Chamberlain worth?
With an illustrious career spanning six decades, Chamberlain is estimated to have a net worth of $20 million.
Who did Richard Chamberlain marry?
Richard was married to actor, writer, and producer Martin Rabbett, in the state of Hawaii in 1984. However, the couple separated in 2010.
Is Richard Chamberlain in a relationship?
After separating from his partner in 2010, it is not clear if Richard is in a relationship currently and with whom.
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