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Richard Chamberlain
Birth at
31 March 1934
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George Richard Chamberlain was born in Los Angeles on March 31, 1935. The family of the future actor belonged to the bohemian and lived in the prestigious area of Beverly Hills. Young Chamberlain in his youth dreamed of becoming not an actor, but an artist. In 1956, he graduated from Pomona College with a degree in applied arts, but the years of study left their mark on his addictions. After graduating from college as part of the infantry corps, Richard went to Korea, from where he returned two
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George Richard Chamberlain was born in Los Angeles on March 31, 1935. The family of the future actor belonged to the bohemian and lived in the prestigious area of Beverly Hills. Young Chamberlain in his youth dreamed of becoming not an actor, but an artist. In 1956, he graduated from Pomona College with a degree in applied arts, but the years of study left their mark on his addictions. After graduating from college as part of the infantry corps, Richard went to Korea, from where he returned two years later as a sergeant.
Upon returning home, Richard hires an agent and begins to bypass the studio. As a novice actor in the first stages, he could not play roles larger than episodic. In his spare time he attends acting classes.
Luck smiled at him in 1961, when he was selected for the main role in the series.
"Dr. Kildar" . After this role, Richard became the king of miniseries. Critics did not wait long, and soon Chamberlain received the first praise. For acting.
Twilight of Honor" (1936) he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Then followed a series of roles, both main and secondary. After the 1977 book by Colleen McCullough
Singing in a thorn , which instantly became a bestseller, Hollywood decided to quickly film this wonderful work. After long and unsuccessful attempts to write a suitable script from the idea of filming a full-length film decided to abandon. In the 80s, the book decided to shoot a mini-series in which Richard Chamberlain played the role of Ralph's father.
After the frenzied success of “Singing in the Thorn” Richard for a long time did not appear on the street without dark glasses: there was simply no rebound from fans. Interest among fans to the personality of Chamberlain did not fade because over the years of his life, the actor was never married and had no children, even extramarital. Closer to his eightieth birthday, the actor wrote an autobiography “Towards Love”, in which he explained his celibacy by the fact that such ties would ruin his acting career.
Today, Richard lives on one of the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago, he continues to act occasionally in films, and in his spare time devotes himself to the care of the health and welfare of the indigenous people of the island.