Richard chamberlain gay
More than four decades after he captured women's hearts on television's "Dr. Kildare," Richard Chamberlain has decided to reveal his identity as a gay man "because I'm not afraid anymore."
"I'm not a lovey-dovey leading man anymore so I don't need to nurture that public image anymore," the year-old Chamberlain says in an interview to air Sunday on "Dateline NBC."
"I can talk about it now because I'm not afraid anymore."
The "Dateline" interview coincides with the publication of Chamberlain's novel memoir, "Shattered Love," which will be released Tuesday by ReganBooks.
Chamberlain starred as television's Dr. James Kildare from , and as Father Ralph, a love-torn priest, in the miniseries "The Thorn Birds." He also starred in the movie "The Towering Inferno" and the miniseries "Shogun."
"When I grew up, being gay, being a sissy or anything like that, was verboten," said Chamberlain, who lives in Hawaii. "I disliked myself intensely and feared this part of myself intensely and had to hide it."
Now, the actor says, everything is different.
He's talking about his longtime partner, Ma
Richard Chamberlain: Heartthrob king of the TV mini-series
Richard Chamberlain, who has died today at the age of 90, shot to fame as TV heartthrob Dr Kildare in the s.
His dashing good looks won him legions of female fans, and guaranteed him perform in a plethora of rather forgettable television movies.
But, in middle age, his career spiked again.
Chamberlain became king of the 's TV mini-series: playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by love in The Thorn Birds.
He denied being gay when confronted by a French magazine in , and did not utter publicly about his homosexuality until he turned
In interviews promoting his memoir, he advised other handsome leading actors to keep their sexuality to themselves.
"There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture," he said. "Please, don't pretend that we're suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted."
George Richard Chamberlain was born on 31 March , in Beverly Hills, California. He died one day before his 91st b
Actor Richard Chamberlain—who rose to prominence in the s TV drama Dr. Kildare and then became king of the miniseries with such productions as Shogun and The Thorn Birds—has died at age 90, Variety reported.
The actor died March 29 in Waimanalo, Hawai’i, of complications following a stroke, according to publicist Harlan Boll.
During his years as Dr. Kildare, Chamberlain also had brief noun as a recording artist, singing mostly romantic ballads.
“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Chamberlain’s longtime partner Martin Rabbett said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an astounding and loving soul. Love never dies. And our admire is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”
Chamberlain spent decades in a relationship with actor-writer-producer Rabbett, with whom he appeared in Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, but it was unclear if they remained together after Chamberlain’s repay to Los Angeles in According to Boll, Rabbett was Chamberlain’s “lifelong par
on TODAY: Richard Chamberlain talks coming out as gay
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