Cast & creator
Richard Chamberlain
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The View
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.
Also known as: რიჩარდ ჩემბერლენი, George Richard Chamberlain, ریچارد چمبرلین
64
film credits
60
television credits
123
1944–2024 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (124)
Showing 124 of 124 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The View
Self
1997
Desperate Housewives
Glenn
2004
Twin Peaks
Bill Kennedy
1990
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Nip/Tuck
Arthur Stiles
2003
Great Performances
Anton Chekhov
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Will & Grace
Clyde
1998
Touched by an Angel
Jack Clay / Everett Clay
1994
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956Tony Awards
Self - Host/Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
The Drew Carey Show
Maggie Wick
1995
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Chuck
Adelbert De Smet
2007
The Red Skelton Show
Clarence Narrow
1951
Dr. Kildare
Dr. James Kildare
1961
Brothers and Sisters
Jonathan Byrold
2006
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Leverage
Archie Leach
2008
Hustle
James Whittaker Wright III
2004Film '72
Self
1971
Gunsmoke
Pete
1955
Thriller
Larry Carter
1960
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Clay Pine
1955
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hamlet
1969
The Deputy
Jerry Kirk
1959
ThunderCats
Zigg (voice)
2011
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Shōgun
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
1980
Mr. Lucky
Alec
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
Dale Wellington
1959
The Thorn Birds
Ralph de Bricassart
1983Na sowas!
Self
1982
Centennial
Alexander McKeag
1978
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
The Bourne Identity
Jason Bourne
1988
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Councilman Banks
2007
The Three Musketeers
Aramis
1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hamlet
1951
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain
1985
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Highfather (voice)
2015
Blackbeard
Gouverneur Charles Eden
2006
The Towering Inferno
Simmons
1974
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Bernard Lafferty
1999
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Allan Quatermain
1986
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Edmond Dantès
1975
Island Son
1989Island Son
Producer
1989
Nightmare Cinema
Dr. Mirari
2018
The Astronomers
Narrator
1991
The Portrait of a Lady
Ralph Touchett
1968
The Four Musketeers
Aramis
1974
Petulia
Dave Danner
1968
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor
2014
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Raoul Wallenberg
1985
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Man in the Iron Mask
Louis XIV / Philippe
1977
The Swarm
Dr. Hubbard
1978
A Thunder of Drums
Lt. Porter
1961
Murder by Phone
Nat Bridger
1982
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Narrator
2004
The Return of the Musketeers
Aramis
1989
The Slipper and the Rose
Prince Edward
1976
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2003
Dream West
John Charles Fremont
1986
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Hamlet
Hamlet
1970
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
2024
Lady Caroline Lamb
George Gordon, Lord Byron
1972
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Ross Colburn
1991
The Music Lovers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1971
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
1987
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Reverend
1969
The Last Wave
David Burton
1977
Joy in the Morning
Carl Brown
1965
Shogun
John Blackthorne
1980
Ordeal in the Arctic
Captain John Couch
1993
The Black Ghiandola
Creepy Oncologist
2017
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
Ralph de Bricassart
1996
Julius Caesar
Octavius Caesar / Augustus
1970
River Made to Drown In
Thaddeus MacKenzie
1997
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Nat
2020
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Frederick Cook
1983
The Woman I Love
King Edward VIII
1972
Night of the Hunter
Harry Powell
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Perfect Family
Monsignor Murphy
2011
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Self
1968The Lady's Not for Burning
Thomas Mendip
1974
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1974
Three Days of Hamlet
Polonius
2012Hold On: It's The Dave Clark Five
The Director
1968The Making of Shōgun
2003
Inside 'the Swarm'
Self
1978
Twilight of Honor
David Mitchell
1963
We Are the Hartmans
Mr. Hartman
2012
Bird of Prey
Jonathan Griffith
1996
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Dean Christopher
1960
The Christmas Messenger
Christmas Messenger
1975
The Good Doctor
Anton Chekhov / Various Roles
1978
All the Winters that Have Been
Dane Corvin
1997
Musical Comedy Tonight
1979
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
Narrator
2004
Christmas Around the World with Perry Como
Self
2012
Strength and Honour
Denis O'Leary
2007
The Lost Daughter
Andrew McCracken
1997
The Little Mermaid
Narrator
1974
The Pavilion
Huddlestone
2000
Finding Julia
Igor
2019Endangered Hawaiʻi
Narrator
2000