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Richard Chamberlain
George Richard Chamberlain was an American actor and singer whose career on stage and in film and television spanned over 60 years. He was the recipient of many accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, two Drama Desk Award nominations, and a Grammy Award nomination.
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Born 31 March 1934 · Died 29 March 2025 · Q295847
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2025· 2 entries
Died 2025-03-29.
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Chamberlain appeared mainly in television films, on stage, and as a guest star on such series as The Drew Carey Show and Will & Grace
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2017· 1 entry
Chamberlain appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return as Bill Kennedy
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2012· 1 entry
Chamberlain appeared on stage in the Pasadena Playhouse as Dr
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2010· 2 entries
With Chamberlain moving to Los Angeles
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And 2012, he appeared as Archie Leach in season 3, episode 3 and season 4, episode 18 of the series Leverage, as well as two episodes of season 4 of Chuck where he played a villain known only as The Belgian
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2008· 1 entry
And 2009, Chamberlain appeared as King Arthur in the national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot
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2007· 1 entry
Chamberlain guest-starred as Glen Wingfield, Lynette Scavo's stepfather in episode 80 (Season 4, Episode 8, "Distant Past") of Desperate Housewives
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Tashi Plays Takemitsu: Quatrain II / Water-ways / Waves”.
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Guest-starred in an episode of the British drama series Hustle, as well as season 4 of Nip/Tuck
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2005· 1 entry
Chamberlain appeared in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Haleakalā: How Maui Snared the Sun / Prairie Light / Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra”.
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1991· 2 entries
Appeared in a TV movie version of Davis Grubb's The Night of the Hunter that received mixed reviews
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“Haleakala: How Maui Snared The Sun (Tone Poem) (1991), composed by Dan Welcher, performed with the Honolulu Symphony”
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1989· 1 entry
But did not confirm he was gay until the publication of his 2003 autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for The Last Wave (1982).
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1977· 1 entry
Chamberlain began a long-term relationship with actor and producer Martin Rabbett
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1969· 1 entry
Performed the title role in Hamlet for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, becoming the first American to play the role there since John Barrymore in 1925
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1966· 2 entries
After which Chamberlain began performing on the theater circuit
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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
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1962· 1 entry
Released album “Richard Chamberlain Sings (TV’s Dr. Kildare)”.
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1961· 1 entry
Gained widespread fame as the young intern Dr
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1952· 1 entry
And in 1956 from Pomona College with a bachelor's degree in art history and painting
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1934· 2 entries
At the now-closed Angelus Hospital on Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, the second son of Elsa Winnifred (née von Benzon; later Matthews) and Charles Axion "Chuck" Chamberlain, who was a shop equipment salesman from I
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Born 1934-03-31.
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