![]() ![]() ![]() That same year, he starred in Peter Weir's film The Last Wave.Ĭhamberlain later appeared in several popular television mini-series (earning him a nickname of "King of the Mini-series"), including Centennial (1978–79), Shōgun (1980), and The Thorn Birds (1983) as Father Ralph de Bricassart with Rachel Ward and Barbara Stanwyck co-starring. A television film, William Bast's The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), followed. In The Slipper and the Rose (1976), a musical version of the Cinderella story, co-starring Gemma Craven, he displayed his vocal talents. In the 1970s, Chamberlain enjoyed success as a leading man in films: The Music Lovers (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (playing Lord Byron, 1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Lady's Not for Burning (1974), The Towering Inferno (in a villainous turn as a dishonest engineer, 1974), and The Count of Monte Cristo (1975). He received excellent notices and reprised the role for television in 1970 for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. While in England, he took vocal coaching and in 1969 performed the title role in Hamlet for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, becoming the first American to play the role there since John Barrymore in 1929. In 1969, he starred opposite Katharine Hepburn in the film The Madwoman of Chaillot. Decades later he returned to Broadway in revivals of My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music.Īt the end of the 1960s, Chamberlain spent a period of time in England where he played in repertory theatre and in the BBC's Portrait of a Lady adaptation, becoming recognized as a serious actor. In 1966, he was cast opposite Mary Tyler Moore in the ill-fated Broadway musical Breakfast at Tiffany's, co-starring Priscilla Lopez, which, after an out-of-town tryout period, closed after only four previews. Kildare ended in 1966, after which Chamberlain began performing on the theatre circuit. 10 according to the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Kildare" entitled "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight", which struck No. Chamberlain's singing ability also led to some hit singles in the early 1960s, including the "Theme from Dr. Kildare, in the NBC/MGM television series of the same name, co-starring with Raymond Massey. ![]() Less than a year later, in 1961, Chamberlain gained widespread fame as the young intern, Dr. Connie Hines appears with Chamberlain as Lucy Bridges, and Ted de Corsia is cast as another bandit. Instead, Cortilla takes over Holden's vessel, the Enterprise, and its gunpowder. Chamberlain, as United States Army Lieutenant Winslow, asks Grey Holden (lead series character played by Darren McGavin) to transport Cortilla and his men to a military garrison. In the story line, Juan Cortilla, a Mexican bandit played by Joe De Santis, is stormed from jail. Dave Winslow in "Chicota Landing", a 1960 episode of the NBC western series, Riverboat. CareerĬhamberlain co-founded a Los Angeles–based theatre group, Company of Angels, and began appearing in television series in the 1950s. In 1952, Chamberlain graduated from Beverly Hills High School and later attended Pomona College (class of 1956). Chamberlain was born in 1934 in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Elsa Winnifred (née von Benzon later Matthews) and Charles Axiom Chamberlain, who was a salesman.
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