Richard Chamberlain

George Richard Chamberlain, popularly known as Richard Chamberlain, is an actor and singer by profession based in the United States of America. He became a heartthrob and teen idol when he starred on the television show series Dr. Kildare in the year 1961. He then began appearing on various TV shows and became the first person to play the character of Jason Bourne in the movie The Bourne Identity in the year 1983. Apart from these, he has also worked in music theatre.

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Biography and Early Life

Chamberlain was born to parents, father Charles Axion Chamberlain, who worked as a salesman and mother, Elsa Winnifred, in Beverly Hills of California, the United States, on 31st March of 1934. He is the second child of his family as he has an older brother named William Hayes Chamberlain.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Richard Chamberlain in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Richard Chamberlain’s age is 87 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 31 March 1934. Though, he is 6′ 0″ in feet and inches and 185cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 178 lbs in Pound and 80.7kg in Kilograms.

Education

Richard attended Beverly High School for his primary education and graduated from there in the year 1952. Then he went on to pursue his major in Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College. 

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Chamberlain confirmed his sexual identity being gay in the year 2003, but he was outed before in the year 1989 by a French Women’s magazine named Nous Deux. Later he published his autobiography named Shattered Love: A Memoir, where he disclosed his homosexuality.

Chamberlain secretly dated Wesley Eure, who an actor in the early 1970s, but they were known to part ways soon after; in the year 1977, he was introduced to Martin Rabbett, who was an actor, writer and producer by profession. At that time, Richard was 44, and Martin was 20 years younger than him, but their age difference did not stop them from having a long-term romantic relationship. Later they had a civil union ceremony in Hawaii and resided there from the year 1986 to 2010. Chamberlain decided to adopt Rabbett to protect his legal privileges regarding the property.

However, during the spring of the year 2010, Chamberlain came back to Los Angeles without Barett and sold his oceanfront residence in Hawaii at the same time. He concentrated on his career and later in 2014 revealed in an interview that he and Rabett stay apart, but they are better friends now with no bitter feelings.

Is Richard Chamberlain Gay?

Richard Chamberlain is gay, and he came out to the world with his autobiography Shattered Love: A memoir. Even though a French Women’s magazine claimed him to be gay, he accepted his sexual identity way after.

Professional Career

Chamberlain and some friends first founded a theatre group named Company of Angels based in Los Angeles. He started his career in media with TV show appearances in the 1950s when he bagged the role of Lt. Dave Winslow in the series Riverboat in the year 1960. The next year he gained popularity for his role of Dr.Kildare in the NBC television series. He co-starred with Raymond Massey.

Chamberlain also recorded the theme song of Dr.Kildare named Three Stars will Shine Tonight, and this landed on 10th position on Billboards Hot 100 Chart. He was also a part of the Broadway Musical show, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music. He got recognition as a serious actor when he starred in BBC’s repertory theatre, Portrait of a lady adaptation and the film, The Madwoman of Chaillot.

Richard was also a part of various movies as their lead, such as The Music Lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, The Three Musketeers, The Lady’s Not for Burning, The Towering Inferno, The Count Of Monte Cristo.

 Awards

Richard was awarded the Golden Apple Award in the year 1962 under the nomination of Most Co-Operative Actor, and later in 1963, he won the Golden Globes Award under the nomination of Best TV star for his role of Dr.Kildare. He also achieved the Most Popular Male Star Award by Photoplay consecutively in 1962, 1963 and 1964. His involvement as a voice artist in Hamlet got him a Grammy nomination as well.

He also won The Clavell de Plata award, Best Actor, Golden Globe’s Best Performance, Aftonbladet TV price, and Steiger Award.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Richard Chamberlain in 2021

Chamberlain is worth a hefty sum of $25 million estimated as of the current year 2021, which is mostly generated from his long and successful career as an actor, singer and theatre artist. Some of his movies like The Thorn Birds and Shogun were box office hits that helped him increase his salary as an actor.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Richard Chamberlain came out with his sexual identity, yet he asks other actors in the industry to stay in the closet because of the tremendous homophobia present in the industry, which takes a toll on one’s mental health.
• He is highly supportive towards LGBTQ communities.
• He is active in Hollywood since 1958.
• He was the first American after John Barrymore to play a role at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Richard Chamberlain is one of the finest artists in the industry. He lives his life without any fear of judgment and is an inspiration for a lot of people around the world, being the true icon that he is. He is the recipient of some prestigious awards like the Golden Globe Award and Golden Apple Awards, showing how much capable and worthy he is.