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Richard Chamberlain (1934-2025) was an American actor. Some of Chamberlain’s greatest successes have occurred on television. From his popular show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966) to the mega-successful mini-series, Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983). His movie career spanned 6 decades. His IMDb page shows 85 acting credits from 1959 to 2019. This page will rank Richard Chamberlain movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, cameos, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Richard Chamberlain Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1974 | The Towering Inferno (1974) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1973 | The Three Musketeers (1973) |  |
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| 1974 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) | |
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| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) |  |
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| 1968 | Petulia (1968) |  |
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| 1977 | The Last Wave (1977) | |
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| 1976 | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) |  |
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| 1965 | Joy In The Morning (1965) | |
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| 1971 | The Music Lovers (1971) | |
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| 1985 | King Solomon's Mines (1985) |  |
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| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums (1961) | |
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| 2019 | Finding Julia (2019) Limited Release |
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| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) | |
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| 1970 | Julius Caesar (1970) | |
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| 1963 | Twilight of Honor (1963) | |
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| 2018 | Nightmare Cinema (2018) |  |
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| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) |  |
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| 1978 | The Swarm (1978) | |
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| 1982 | Murder By Phone (1982) | |
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| 1997 | River Made to Drown In (1997) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 2011 | The Perfect Family (2011) | |
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| 1995 | Bird of Prey (1995) | |
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| 2007 | Strength and Honour (2007) | |
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| 1986 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) |  |
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| 2000 | The Pavilion (2000) | |
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| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) | |
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| 1960 | The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) | |
Richard Chamberlain Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Richard Chamberlain movies by co-stars of his movies.
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- Sort Richard Chamberlain movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Richard Chamberlain movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Richard Chamberlain movie won.
- Sort Richard Chamberlain movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Towering Inferno (1974) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Newman & Steve McQueen |
114.80 | 721.6 | 721.60 | 2 | 69 | 08 / 03 | 98.2 | |
| 2 | The Three Musketeers (1973) | Charlton Heston & Faye Dunaway |
34.60 | 230.0 | 230.00 | 10 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 3 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) | Oliver Reed & Charlton Heston |
26.60 | 166.9 | 166.90 | 24 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 4 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) | Adam Sandler & Dan Aykroyd |
120.10 | 205.0 | 317.80 | 22 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 5 | Petulia (1968) | Julie Christie & George C. Scott |
4.30 | 38.4 | 38.40 | 73 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 6 | The Last Wave (1977) | Olivia Hamnett | 0.90 | 4.6 | 4.60 | 139 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 7 | The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) | Kenneth More | 4.70 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 86 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 8 | Joy In The Morning (1965) | Arthur Kennedy | 4.50 | 51.4 | 51.40 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 9 | The Music Lovers (1971) | Glenda Jackson | 1.10 | 7.6 | 7.60 | 152 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.5 | |
| 10 | King Solomon's Mines (1985) | Sharon Stone | 15.10 | 49.8 | 49.80 | 56 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 11 | A Thunder of Drums (1961) | Charles Bronson | 2.10 | 34.0 | 34.00 | 92 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 43.2 | |
| 12 | Finding Julia (2019) Limited Release |
Ha Phuong | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 321 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 13 | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) | Oliver Reed & Christopher Lee |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 235 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 14 | Julius Caesar (1970) | Charlton Heston & Jason Robards |
0.10 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 183 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | |
| 15 | Twilight of Honor (1963) | Nick Adams | 2.20 | 29.8 | 29.80 | 85 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 31.6 | |
| 16 | Nightmare Cinema (2018) | Mickey Rourke | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 393 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.3 | |
| 17 | Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) | Laurence Olivier & John Mills |
1.10 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 137 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 18.5 | |
| 18 | The Swarm (1978) | Michael Caine & Henry Fonda |
17.10 | 85.9 | 85.90 | 41 | 25 | 01 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 19 | Murder By Phone (1982) | John Houseman | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.3 | |
| 20 | River Made to Drown In (1997) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Austin Pendleton | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 263 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 14.9 | |
| 21 | The Perfect Family (2011) | Kathleen Turner & Emily Deschanel |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 239 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 22 | Bird of Prey (1995) | Jennifer Tilly | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 265 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.7 | |
| 23 | Strength and Honour (2007) | Michael Madsen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.80 | 344 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.4 | |
| 24 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) | Sharon Stone & James Earl Jones |
4.50 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 116 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 9.9 | |
| 25 | The Pavilion (2000) | Craig Sheffer | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 331 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.8 | |
| 26 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) | Katharine Hepburn & Charles Boyer |
1.90 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 102 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 6.7 | |
| 27 | The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) | Peter Falk | 0.20 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 149 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.5 |
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I have seen 7 Richard Chamberlin movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Towering Inferno.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Swarm.
Favourite Richard Chamberlin Movies:
The Towering Inferno
The Three Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
Twilight of Honor
Other Richard Chamberlin Movies I Have Seen:
Petulia
The Slipper and the Rose
The Swarm
Hey Flora. Tally count. Flora 7, Cogerson 7 and Bob 5. We have seen 5 of the same movies. I have not seen The Slipper and the Rose or Twilight of Honor. He is very good as the very bad man in Petulia. Petulia is a cult classic, but not one I want to watch again. Not surprised you have not seen his Adam Sandler movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. RIP Mr. Chamberlain.
Doctor Kildare is at the UMR. Thanks for the video share Bruce, only 21 films on my chart, was I stingy again? I got some flak for not featuring The Thorn Birds on the video, apparently thats the greatest Richard Chamberlain film or mini-series the world has ever known. I didn’t realise. I did include Shogun.
I’ve seen 8 of the 26 films on the chart. Favorites are – The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, King Solomons Mines, The Swarm and The Towering Inferno.
I’ve also seen Dawn of the Musketeers, Return of the Musketeers, Revenge of the Musketeers, Curse of the Musketeers and Escape from the Planet of the Musketeers.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….Tally count. Steve 8, Flora 7, Cogerson 7 and Bob 5. Neither Shogun or The Thorn Birds made our rankings. I would say those are his two most famous roles. Funny titles of the Musketeers movies. Thanks for the visit and the comment. RIP Richard Chamberlain.
In The Man in The Iron Mask Richard’s fine performance was ideally complemented by one from French actor Louis Jourdan who was publicly a great Brando admirer. Louis said “Brando showed us the way. He was our Don Quixote. Always tilting at windmills to let us see what worked in acting and what didn’t.”
Here Louis was saying something that Joel Hirschhorn couldn’t even think – but then what do actors like Nicholson/Olivier/and Jourdan and other professional technicians such as Scorsese and George Lucas know about THEIR OWN craft? Louis was also delicious as the guest murderer in a Columbo 1978 episode Murder under Glass.
Richard had also a successful music recording career. His Dr Kildare series had a very popular theme tune and in 1962 Ricard released a recording that applied lyrics to it which Richard sang and which was called Three Stars Will Shine Tonight
“Three stars will shine tonight
One for the lonely
That star will shine it’s light
Each time that someone sighs
Three stars for all to see
One for young lovers
That star was made to be
The sparkle in their eyes
High in the sky above
Three stars are shining
I hope that star of love
Will shine down on you.”
As Bruce shows above Richard at 86 is still active in entertainment and this new page is the usual solid Cogerson profile of a career and is “Voted UP!” In the pipeline for Richard and at post-production stage for the big screen is Echoes of the Past a drama inspired by a true war massacre top-starring the recently-late Max Von Sydow. It is of course Max’s final film. Richard’s current net worth is reported at $20 million.
I Have seen Richard in 5 of the movies listed above: Towering Inferno; Thunder of Drums; King Solomon’s mines; Lady Caroline Lamb; and The Music Lovers. For me
his most striking performances were of the two real-life cultural figures Lord Byron the poet and revolutionary in Lady Caroline Lamb and the Russian composter Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers.
The latter was very controversial as some of Richard’s scenes in it were considered very risqué for those times and across the United Kingdom many people left the cinema in the middle of them banging their seats back loudly in protest as the they went; and that happened when I watched the movie.
Richard became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made-for-TV movie The Bourne Identity. Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.
The Work Horse is right [and of course he and Joel have always thought they WERE] to draw attention above to the greatness of Richard’s TV career. I particularly enjoyed him in the TV movie versions of two Alexandre Dumas classics The Count of Monte Cristo in 1975 and The Man in the Iron Mask in 1977.
Hey Bob. Thanks for the thoughts on Mr. Chamberlain. Since your comment, he has passed away. His tv career far outshined his movie career. Both you and Dan talked about his role in The Music Lovers. I will have to check that performance out. I have seen 7 of his movies. So tally count 7 to 5. Good information on his singing career. He had success in many different areas. RIP Mr. Chamberlain.
Great UMR Page.
Success to you on your endeavors.
Good health to you and family.
Hey Mike….thanks for the comments on Mr. Chamberlain.
No problem your welcome.
Hey would you be interested in data from 1925?
I completed going thru Variety from 1920 to 1979 an gathered all the B.O. data I could find.
Then did what I could find online for that time.
I have data on 420 movies from 1925 and 144 of them over $100,000 that could be used to set a page up for 1925 in your database.
Then you would have 100 years of data 1925-2025.
Let me know.
thx
Hey Mike. I have been thinking about writing a 1925 paqe for a while. 420 movies for 1925? That is a staggering amount of movies. I agree having 1925 to 2025 would be pretty cool. You can send them either e-mail or a comment. Which ever is the easiest. My e-mail is cogersonmoviescore@gmail.com
I will do this very soon for you.
I am rather proud of my database. I have data on every movie made except for a few types that I care not to review.
I have A, B, C foreign etc. type movies data on all these movies that is available that I could find.
Data on every actor or actress in these movies that is available.
I strictly stay in he domestic area, but do have some world data also.
Most of your data is from A type. If you ever want to set a B type database let know.
All this has taken me years to gather up.
i am currently reviewing and adding production cost to all these movies that I can find.