ACTOR

Richard Chamberlain

1934 - Today

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George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American actor and singer who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several miniseries, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 television film The Bourne Identity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Chamberlain has received more than 6,531,439 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Richard Chamberlain is the 352nd most popular actor (down from 264th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from United States (down from 483rd in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Actor.

Richard Chamberlain is most famous for his role as Dr. Kildare in the TV series of the same name.

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  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Chamberlain ranks 352 out of 13,578. Before him are Andy García, John Rhys-Davies, Tim Curry, Lída Baarová, Carmen Amaya, and Richard Kiel. After him are Lino Ventura, Gene Wilder, Hanna Schygulla, Emil Jannings, Jeff Goldblum, and Mithun Chakraborty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Richard Chamberlain ranks 38. Before him are Larisa Latynina, Ronald Wayne, Renata Scotto, Kurt Hamrin, Richard Meier, and Roman Herzog. After him are Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Alan Arkin, Otar Iosseliani, Tarcisio Bertone, and Jacques Anquetil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Chamberlain ranks 640 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Ariana Grande (1993), and Richard Kiel (1939). After him are Gene Wilder (1933), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Jeff Goldblum (1952), D. B. Cooper (1931), and George Beadle (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Chamberlain ranks 174. Before him are Val Kilmer (1959), Martin Landau (1928), Joan Crawford (1904), Harold Ramis (1944), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), and Richard Kiel (1939). After him are Gene Wilder (1933), Jeff Goldblum (1952), Alec Baldwin (1958), George Peppard (1928), Bill Bixby (1934), and Frances Farmer (1913).

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