Actor Richard Chamberlain, whose TV credits include Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90. The news of Chamberlain's death was confirmed to TVLine by his publicist Harlan Boll ...

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 ...

Each earned him a Golden Globe. In 1996, he reprised his “Thorn Birds” role of Father Ralph de Bricassart in the TV movie “The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years.” Chamberlain also played the role of ...

Following that era, he worked steadily on stage, in theatrical and TV movies and as a television guest star, but between Dr. Kildare and The Thorn Birds, those were truly the golden years for ...

In Shōgun, the first TV adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 ... an Englishman navigating political intrigue in feudal Japan. And in The Thorn Birds, adapted from Colleen McCullough’s 1977 ...

The actor became known as “king of the TV miniseries” in 1978 when he landed ... in 1983 with another long-form drama, “The Thorn Birds,” based on Colleen McCul­lough’s best-seller.

He reprised his role of de Bricassart in the 1996 TV movie "The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years." He also appeared in numerous films, including "The Music Lovers" (as Tchaikovsky), "The Madwoman of ...