He scored his greatest miniseries success in 1983 with another long-form ... He reprised his role of de Bricassart in the 1996 TV movie “The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years.” He also appeared in ...

Long before Netflix or similar global streaming services existed, the TV mini-series "The Thorn Birds" became a worldwide success. To this day, the miniseries has lost none of its radiance.

Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series “Dr. Kildare” and then became ...

Richard Chamberlain, known for his roles in "The Thorn Birds," "Shogun," and "Dr. Kildare," passed away in Hawaii due to stroke complications.

By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic for The Times ... in “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds.” I was young when Chamberlain’s mini-series aired, and “Dr. Kildare ...

Chamberlain became king of the 1980's TV mini-series: playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by ...

Richard Chamberlain, an actor who got his start playing a hunky TV doctor and went on to become a miniseries maestro, died on Saturday, according to his publicist. He was 90 years old.

Actor Richard Chamberlain, best-remembered for roles in the hit 1980s' television miniseries "Shōgun" and "The Thorn Birds," has died at the age of 90. The actor died on Saturday night in Waimanalo, ...

Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama "Dr. Kildare" and starred in the mini-series "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds" has died at ...

Then came “The Thorn Birds,” which aired on ABC and was ... and Chamberlain remained a staple of TV movies and miniseries for years. “A miniseries has to seem special,” he told the Times ...

Award-winning actor Richard Chamberlain, who first found fame as Dr. Kildare in the 1960s, has died, his publicist says.

But he is best remembered as the ambitious Australian priest in the high-rated TV miniseries adaptation of Colleen McCullough’s weighty romance novel “The Thorn Birds.” “Shogun,” based ...