George Richard Chamberlain, born March 31, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966).
Attended Pomona College in California.
Has served as honorary chair of the advisory board of Hawaii Public Television Foundation.
Ranked #7 in TV Guides list of "TVs 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).
Played Cyrano on stage in 1973, the same year that The Three Musketeers was released. This makes him the first actor to play both Cyrano and a Musketeer. Jean-Pierre Cassel , who played King Louis XIII in "The Three Musketeers", returned in the sequel The Return of the Musketeers to play Cyrano, having previously played dArtagnan in Cyrano et dArtagnan . Jos Ferrer played Athos in The Fifth Musketeer , while Grard Depardieu played Porthos in The Man in the Iron Mask .
Shares two roles with Grard Depardieu : Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo, and Cyrano de Bergerac. He preceded Depardieu in both roles, playing them both in English. Depardieu played both roles in their original French.
Has appeared in film adaptations of all three of Alexandre Dumas s Musketeer novels. He played Aramis in The Three Musketeers , The Four Musketeers and The Return of the Musketeers , and played Louis and Phillippe in The Man in the Iron Mask . The latter film eliminates the three original Musketeers from the book; including his character of Aramis; and includes only dArtagnan.
Honolulu, Hawaii
(October 2010) West Hollywood, L.A. California
He was awarded the 1973 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance for the play, "Cyrano De Bergac," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Had an older brother William "Bill" Hayes Chamberlain who was born on November 5, 1927.
Born on the same day as Shirley Jones.
He is the first actor to play the role of Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity miniseries.
When I grew up, being gay, being a sissy or anything like that was,verboten. I disliked myself intensely and feared this part of myself,intensely and had to hide it and became "Perfect Richard, All-American,Boy" as a place to hide.
I actually feel sorry for people who have a lot of illusions in their,head about what gay is. I mean, I know some gay people who are really,wonderful people.
Having the focal point of contemporary art right in the middle of,Honolulu is an amazing treasure because people are so seldom exposed to,that quality of artistic endeavor.
