biography
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Chamberlain, Richard
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1935– )
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| biography:
| Actor, born in Los Angeles, California, USA. Trained as a dramatic actor, he appeared in television series in the 1950s including Gunsmoke, then gained great popularity as the lead in Dr Kildare (1961–6). Desiring to change his image as a lightweight television actor, he moved to England, where he played serious roles, including Hamlet, in various British stage productions. He then returned to the USA to assume the role as a romantic leading man in television films and mini-series including Shogun (1980), The Thorn Birds (1983), and The Bourne Identity (1988). |
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