After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in arts, he was enlisted into the U.S Army where he served for 16 months in Korea and rose to the rank of sergeant. In his senior year at Pomona he was cast as Captain Bluntschli in George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man and he brought the house down, on a college-level which led him to change career paths. Richard first wanted to become an artist but made the move to acting when he scored successfully in drama productions at Pomona College. Richard’s father was a well-known early Alcoholics Anonymous member, having traveled for years speaking at A.A. Richard grew up in Beverly Hills in a single story house with his parents and his older brother Bill who was seven years his senior. George Richard Chamberlain was born on March 31,1934 in Los Angeles to Elsa W and Chuck Chamberlain. Richard became an even bigger international heartthrob with The Thorn Birds (1983), taking home with him another Golden Globe in 1984 for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture for TV Shogun earned Richard a Golden Globe as Best Actor and an Emmy nomination. Richard spent over six months in Japan filming the production with was filmed in epic proportions with breathtaking cinematography and great special effects. Richard portrayed John Blackthorne, ‘Anjin’ in Japanese which means ‘pilot’, as he was the pilot of a British ship which finds its way through a secret path to Japan, which had only been known to the Jesuits. Shogun was a nine-hour mini-series based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel which takes place in Japan in 1600. He has starred in some iconic and powerful productions including Shogun (1980), The Thornbirds (1983), Wallenberg (1985) and the original screenplay of The Bourne Identity (1988). Hailed as the ‘King of the miniseries’, Richard Chamberlain is one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors.
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