Richard Chamberlain Dies at 90

[Pink Freud]

How ironic that the heartthrob who made women swoon in TV's "Dr. Kildare" in the '60s (based on the Lionel Barrymore character in the 1938 movie "Young Dr. Kildare"), "Shogun", "Centennial", and "The Thorn Birds", was, in fact, gay. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/arts ... =url-share

[The Nard]

Chamberlain was a great actor, who worked hard at his craft. He also enjoyed making movies - you could see that in Richard Lester's The Three (&Four) Musketeers, where he played Aramis, of course. He carried almost every movie in which he had a starring role.

Good actor, making good films. There's a lesson for somebody, somewhere in there.

[Harry York 37]

Chamberlain was a great actor, who worked hard at his craft. He also enjoyed making movies - you could see that in Richard Lester's The Three (&Four) Musketeers, where he played Aramis, of course. He carried almost every movie in which he had a starring role.

Good actor, making good films. There's a lesson for somebody, somewhere in there.

He was the total package-
Talented, handsome, classically adept, and a professional about his craft.

[MikoTython]

In the Shogun connection, I very much like the new adaptation. Never actually saw RC's version, will put that in my q.

[Harry York 37]

In the Shogun connection, I very much like the new adaptation. Never actually saw RC's version, will put that in my q.

The original was sensational at the time-1980…
Long before digital effects.
Mifune was brilliant.

The grace and femininity of the female characters were far more enchanting, if traditional and “dated”.
IIRC, Orson Welles or a sound alike did the narration.