Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934 in
Beverly Hills, California) is an United
States|American actor who became a teen idol in
the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare.
 Chamberlain subsequently became disenchanted with
Hollywood and turned to the theater, finding
success in England among British audiences.  

Chamberlain later appeared in several popular
miniseries, including Centennial
(miniseries)|Centennial, Shogun
(miniseries)|Shogun, and The Thorn Birds. His
films many include The Towering Inferno
(movie)|The Towering Inferno, The Last Wave, and
The Count of Monte Cristo (movie)|The Count of
Monte Cristo.  In The Slipper and the Rose, a
musical version of the Cinderella story,
co-starring Gemma Craven, he displayed his vocal
talents, which had already resulted in a hit
single during his days as Dr. Kildare.

He eventually retired to Hawaii where he owns land
with his partner, agent, producer, and director
Martin Rabbett. 

Although it was generally known that Chamberlain
was gay, having been outing|outed by the French
women's magazine Nous Deux in December 1989, it
was not until 2003, at age 69, that he coming
out|came out as such in his biography entitled
Shattered Love (ISBN 0060087439), which describes
how he felt obliged to hide his sexuality in order
to have an acting career.

==External links==
* imdb name|name=PAGENAME|id=0000328
*http://www.richard-chamberlain.info/ Latest news
about Richard Chamberlain
*http://www.glbtq.com/arts/chamberlain_r.html
glbtq arts: Richard Chamberlain by Linda Rapp