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In 2010 he appeared as Archie Leach in season 3, episode 3 of the series Leverage. In 20 he appeared as King Arthur in the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot. In 2007, Chamberlain guest starred in episode 80 (Season 4, Episode 8, "Distant Past") of Desperate Housewives as Glen Wingfield, Lynette Scavo's stepfather. In 2006, Chamberlain guest starred in an episode of the hit BBC drama series Hustle as well as season 4 of Nip/Tuck. In the fall of 2005, Chamberlain appeared in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical. He starred as Henry Higgins in the 1993-94 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. Since the 1990s, Chamberlain has mostly appeared in television movies, on stage and as a guest star on series including The Drew Carey Show and Will & Grace. In the late 1980s he experienced a belated breakthrough as a leading man with King Solomon's Mines opposite newcomer Sharon Stone, and also played Jason Bourne in the 1988 version of The Bourne Identity. In The Slipper and the Rose, a musical version of the Cinderella story, co-starring Gemma Craven, he displayed his vocal talents.Ĭhamberlain later appeared in several popular television miniseries (earning him a nickname of "King of the Miniseries"), including Centennial, William Bast's The Man in the Iron Mask, Shogun, and The Thorn Birds playing Father Ralph de Bricassart opposite Rachel Ward. In the 1970s, Chamberlain enjoyed success as a leading man in films such as The Towering Inferno (in a villainous turn as a dishonest engineer), The Last Wave, The Three Musketeers and two sequels, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Music Lovers, The Lady's Not For Burning, and Lady Caroline Lamb (playing Lord Byron).
He received excellent notices and reprised the role for television, for The Hallmark Hall of Fame, in 1970. While in England he took vocal coaching and in 1969 performed the title role of Hamlet with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, becoming the first American to play the role since John Barrymore in 1929. In 1969 he starred opposite Katharine Hepburn in the film The Madwoman of Chaillot. In 1968 he went to England where he played in repertory theatre and in the BBC's Portrait of a Lady adaptation, becoming recognized as a serious actor. Decades later he returned to Broadway in revivals of My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music. 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. Kildare ended in 1966, after which Chamberlain began performing on the theatre circuit. Kildare" entitled "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight", which hit number 10 according to the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. His singing ability also led to some hit singles in the early 1960s. Kildare, in the MGM television series of the same name. In 1961 he gained widespread fame as the young intern, Dr.
#Richard chamberlain now tv#
In 1952, Richard Chamberlain graduated from Beverly Hills High School and later attended Pomona College (class of 1956).Ĭhamberlain co-founded a Los Angeles-based theatre group, Company of Angels, and began appearing in TV series in the 1950s.
Chamberlain's father was well known within Alcoholics Anonymous, having traveled for years speaking at A.A. (née Matthews) and Charles Chamberlain, who was a salesman.
He was born on Main Beverly Hills, California, the son of Elsa W. Chamberlain published a 2003 autobiography, Shattered Love, which included the revelation that he was gay.
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In 1988 he played amnesiac secret agent Jason Bourne in the TV movie The Bourne Identity. He played World War II figure Raoul Wallenberg in the 1985 TV movie Wallenberg: A Hero's Story. After gaining serious acting chops on the British stage, Chamberlain returned to TV as a mature heartthrob in TV miniseries like Shogun (1980, with Toshiro Mifune) and The Thorn Birds (1983, with Rachel Ward and Barbara Stanwyck). Kildare, a sensitive internist learning the medical ropes. Richard Chamberlain was a blue-eyed young heartthrob in the mid-1960s when he starred as Dr.
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