Chamberlain, Richard

1934 – He was an American actor born on the 31st of March this year in Beverly Hills, California.

1966 - Chamberlain was cast opposite Mary Tyler Moore in the ill-fated Broadway musical Breakfast at Tiffany's which, after a torturous out-of-town tryout period, closed after only four previews.

1970 - During the first half of the year, he enjoyed some success in films with The Towering Inferno, The Last Wave, The Three Musketeers and sequels and The Count of Monte Cristo though was never regarded as an out-and-out leading man. Chamberlain later appeared in several popular television miniseries (earning him the sobriquet of "King of the Miniseries"), including Centennial, William Bast's The Man in the Iron Mask, Shogun, and The Thorn Birds playing Father Ralph de Bricassart opposite Rachel Ward. In the late 1980s he experienced a belated breakthrough as a leading man with King Solomon's Mines, and also played Jason Bourne in the original 1988 version of The Bourne Identity.

2005 – After his retirement he appeared in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical.

2006 – He guest starred in an episode of the hit BBC drama series Hustle. He lives with his partner Martin Rabbet in Honolulu.