Waitin' for the Weekend: Richard Chamberlain

Clint Collide has compiled this tribute to sexy Richard Chamberlain, who died a couple of weeks ago at age 90.

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In Memoriam: Richard Chamberlain, 1934-2025

Renowned actor and hearthrob Richard Chamberlain has died at his home in Hawaii, two days before his 91st birthday.  The handsome star of stage and screen came out as gay in his 2003 autobiography.

 

Excerpt from a Television Academy Foundation interview in 2010 about life in the closet and coming out: 

 

Watch the full 3-hour interview here. 

I well recall when Chamberlain was TV's popular Dr. Kildare from 1961 to 1966 - but I don't remember watching his show. My family watched the swarthy Ben Casey instead. 

 I liked Chamberlain a lot better with hair on his face, as in the costume dramas of the 1970s (The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask). Now that was entertainment!

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Spotlight: Richard Chamberlain

Publicity photo, 1964.

I can hardly believe it's August already.  The year is speeding by, and the planet is speeding up - no wonder the world is going all to pieces.  When M.P. made Sunday dinner this week, everything seemed to go wrong - the hamburger steaks were tough, the onion rings too crunchy, the biscuits didn't rise, and the cake fell.  Now we know why.

If your nerves need steadying, here's a look at smooth and mellow Richard Chamberlain - yes, he's still alive and well, and living in Hawaii.  I can't say I was a big fan of his as a kid - we watched Ben Casey at my house instead of Dr. Kildare (swarthy and hairy has always done it for me), but I loved his swashbuckling performances in the 1970s:  The Three (or Four) Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask.

In this first video, Chamberlain talks about coming out at age 68:

I passed on his big miniseries hits like Centennial, Shogun, and The Thorn Birds - but here's a clip of Richard with a gorgeous beard talking up Shogun in 1980:

Admirers of the male form will enjoy this compilation of Richard's shirtless pics - turns out, he's actually quite hairy when you get right down to it:

 

And if you just can't get enough of Richard, you'll enjoy this wide-ranging interview, circa 2013:

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