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RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN

DATE OF BIRTH: 31st March 1934
KEY FACTS: Richard was born George Richard
Chamberlain in Beverly Hills, right in the shadow of
Hollywood.  In Pomona College, outside Los Angeles,
he majored in Applied Art and was gradually drawn to
the College theatre groups. In high school and college
athletics he excelled in many track events. On
graduation, he began to make the rounds of the
studios, but soon found himself in uniform instead,
and served two years in Korea, emerging with a set
of sergeant's stripes. Back in Los Angeles, he found
himself an actor's agent and again began making the
rounds of the studios. Richard drifted into occasional
roles. Meanwhile MGM, the studio was preparing a
television version of "Dr. Kildare," one of the studio's
most successful movie properties, and having already
decided upon Raymond Massey to play the role of Dr.
Gillespie, was on the lookout for a promising young
star for the title role. Richard Chamberlain was called
in, and shortly thereafter, both he and the "Dr.
Kildare" series became an overnight sensation. Years
later he gave a memorable performance as a priest in
TV's "The Thorn Birds," and became the king of the
TV mini-series. Currently he lives at his Hawaiian
island home on Oahu, where he has settled
permanently. There he has become passionately
involved with the environment and the Hawaiian
people, whose health and way of life have been
seriously threatened by the increased pressures of
tourism.

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