Richard Chamberlain Biography

Richard Chamberlain

The chisel-chinned, boyish star of TV's Dr. Kildare (1961–66), he later appeared in leading roles in a number of TV specials and miniseries, including The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), The Man in the Iron Mask (1978), Centennial (1978), Shogun (1980), The Thorn Birds (1983), The Bourne Identity (1988) and Too Rich—The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999). His big-screen ventures have included The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974).