Richard Chamberlain

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Born: 31 March 1935 Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California Best Known As: Star of Shogun and other miniseries Birth name: George Richard Chamberlain Chamberlain was a blue-eyed young heartthrob in the mid-1960s when he starred as Dr. Kildare, a sensitive internist learning the medical ropes. 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). He also played World War II figure Raoul Wallenberg in the 1985 TV movie Wallenberg: A Hero's Story. Before starting his acting career, Chamberlain was a sergeant in the U.S. Army... In 2003 Chamberlain published an autobiography, Shattered Love, and announced publicly that he was gay.