The actor Richard Chamberlain He died this Sunday at 90. In his extensive career, he had to play the priest who stars “The bird sings until he dies”, one of the most remembered (and controversial stories for his time) on television.
The artistic world regrets the death of Chamberlain, an iconic actor who marked an era with other series acclaimed as “Shogun” and “Dr. Kitare”.
The life of Richard Chamberlain, the actor of El Pájaro sings until he died who died at age 90
Born On March 31, 1934 in Los Angeles The law of revolver, Alfred Hitchcock presents and thriller, and then move to the cinema and the theater with works such as Holly Gollightly. And achieved fame in the 60s, when the series stars Dr. Kitare and won his first Golden Globe as best television star.
His first recognition arrived In 1961 with the successful Dr. Kedare serieswhich allowed him to win his first Golden Globe as best television actor.
Over the years, Chamberlain became a character interpreter – with a remarkable physical attractiveness – and consolidated his fame thanks to films such as Hell in the tower, the man in the iron mask and the count of Montecristo, in addition to miniseries such as Hamlet, Centenario and the three Mosqueteroswhere he interpreted with a mastery the role of Aramis, the most womanizer of the gentlemen created by the French writer Alejandro Dumas.
But, without a doubt, the moment of greater international importance of Chamberlain He arrived in 1983 by the series The bird sings to diewith which he managed to conquer the fans of the entire world thanks to the character of a priest who was debated between his vocation to God and the love of a woman.
Richard Chamberlain’s confession about his life and sexuality
However, at 68, Richard decided to publish an autobiography, “Shattered Love” (Sranged love, in Spanish), in which he realized his difficult childhood by his alcoholic father and his problems to achieve his personal acceptance. And, in line with her, she chose to stop appearing a sexual orientation that had as the sole purpose to meet social expectations.
His two known couples have been the actor and producer Wesley Eure And also the interpreter Martin Rabbetthe only person with whom he has married. They began the relationship in 1977 and exchanged the votes in 1984, to divorce friendly in 2010.
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“When I was young, being gay, effeminate or anything like that was prohibited”he explained at that time from his home in Hawaii, where he lived with Martín, one of his partners.
Although varied, in most of his Chamberlain roles he had played seductive men, whose messages were directed directly to women. However, on one occasion he had also embodied a homosexual by making Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the film The Music Lover. Of course, at that time, Richard feared that speaking openly about his condition could leave him out of the film labor of the time.
“I thought something was terribly badly with me and even when I became famous that feeling was still there.”had recognized the actor who died today to The New York Times in 2010. And he had confessed that, to him, Being able to talk about his homosexuality had sued him for many years of therapy.
Source: Ambito
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