Richard Chamberlain, who rose to early fame in "Dr. Kildare" and reached a career zenith in "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds," ...

Richard Chamberlain, the sandy-haired TV heartthrob who starred on the popular 1960s medical drama “Dr. Kildare” and later ...

An overnight star as Dr. Kildare in the 1960s, he achieved new acclaim two decades later as the omnipresent leading man of ...

This June 27, 2012, photo shows actor Richard Chamberlain in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file) ...

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an ...