Actor Richard Chamberlain Amwaj during a press conference in Berlin, October 10, 1995.
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Los Angeles-Tofi Richard Chamberlain, the handsome champion of the TV series “Dr. Kilder”, who was found a second profession as a prize-winning “King”. It was 90.
Chamberlain died on Saturday night in Waymanalo, Hawaii of complications after stroke, according to his propaganda, Harlan Paul.
“Our beloved Richard with angels is now. He is free and rose to these loved ones in front of us,” Martin Rabett, his lifelong partner, said in a statement. “How blessed we used to know such an amazing and love. Love never dies. Our love under his wings raises him to his next great adventure.”
Long tall, with a good classic appearance and a romantic style, Chamberlain became an immediate preferred for teenage girls as a high-ranking doctor in the TV series that was broadcast from 1961 to 1966. His name is Photoplay, which was called “Male Males” for three years in a row, from 1963-1965.
Until 2003, he did not publicly recognize what the Opinion in Hollywood knew long ago, and that he was gay. He made revelation in his autobiography, “shattered love”.
The actor became known as “King of the TV Miniseries” in 1978 when he fell starring in “Centennial”, which is a 24 -hour epic production and is based on the sprawling James Micheneer. He continued this in 1980 with “Shogun”, which is another expensive epic series based on the James Clavell article on an American visitor to Japan.
Actor Richard Chamberlain, left, and actress Angie Decinson formed at the annual Golden Globe Awards of the Hollywood Association of Foreigners in Los Angeles, California, March 5, 1963.
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He scored his greatest success in the 1983 classification with another long -form drama, “The Thorn Birds”, based on the sales of Colin McColo. He played the role of Father Ralph de Bricasart, a Roman Catholic priest in Australia, in love with the beautiful Megi Clairi (Rachel Ward). According to ABC production, which also starred in Barbara Stanwick, 100 million viewers.
Chamberlain Golden Globe won his work in “Shogon” and “Thorny Birds”. Years ago, he received one on “Dr. Kilder”.
When the audience began to lose interest in the series, Chamberlain turned into the theater, where he showed a great voice to sing. The role of Henry Higgins appeared in the 1994 Broadway revival of “My Fair Lady” and as a TRAPP leader in the 1999 revival of “The Sound of Music”.
He formed his role in De Bricassart in the 1996 TV movie “The Thorn Birds: The Missing Sends.”
As it appeared in many films, including “The Music Lovers” (such as Tchaikovsky), “The Madyman of Challelot”, “The Thialing Investno” and “The Three Muskeeers” and follow it.
The “Kildare” series was based on a series of films of the thirties and the successful forties that starred in the title.
The wonderful appearance in Chamberlain, made it a star overnight. There was another medical offer that first appeared in the same season, “Ben Casey”, and it was also destroyed and made the pioneering man, Vince Edwards, the handsome dark, a star as well.
“Ben Casey Shirt” has become a fashion element, as they both made POP topics the best 40 (Kildare song performed by Chamberlain himself) and there was even a pop music called “Dr. Kildare! Dr. Casey! You are required to consult.”
But in his book, Chamberlain narrated how he was forced to hide his sexual life. He was accompanying the charming actresses to the first film show and other public events at the request of the studio executives and Dodge correspondents ‘questions about the reason for not marrying the shares’ response: “Marriage will be great, but I am busy now.”
He said in an interview with NBC: “I hated myself intensively and I fear this part of myself intensively and I had to hide it.”
The book also described a turbulent childhood and an alcoholic father, and Chamberlain said that his writing finally raised a heavy emotional burden. He also expressed his satisfaction because he no longer hides his sexual life.
“I played a game and expanded with the press. The game has ended,” said Chamberlain, who participated for years with his colleague, actor Martin Rabbet.
Born in George Richard Chamberlain, Beverly Hills, on March 31, 1934, he originally studied a representative at Bomona College to be a painter. But after returning from the army, where he held the position of infantry writer in the Korean war, Chamberlain decided to try to act.
He studied sound and drama, and after appearing in the roles of the guests in a handful of TV programs and in the movie “The Secret of the Purple REEF”, he won the role of Dr. Keldir.
When “Dr. Kilder” was canceled, he initially found it difficult to get rid of the image of the handsome young doctor.
Go to England for a while to find work and refine his acting skills. While he was there, he appeared in three films of director Richard Leicester, “PETULIA” (1968), “The Three Muskeeers” (1973) and “The Four Musketeers” (1974). He gathered with Leicester in 1989 because of the “return of the Maskis”, again playing Aramis.
In 1969, Chamberlain played the star of “Hamlet” at Birmingham Birma, England and reiterated it in a TV adaptation that appeared on NBC in the United States. He also appeared as Octavius in the version of “Julius Caesar”, which was co -starred in Charlton Histon and Jason Roberts.
He continued to behave well in the twenty -first century, as he appeared on TV programs such as “Will & Grace”, “The Drew Carey Show” and “Toules by A Angle”.