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EARLY TV ROLES...
1. ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS.
EPISODE: Road Hog. BROADCAST: 6th December 1959.
RC PLAYS: Clay Pine.
Chamberlain's first TV appearance proved a fortunate one - he played Raymond Massey's son. Just two years later, the veteran actor's high opinion of him swung his casting in Dr. Kildare.
2. MR. LUCKY.
EPISODE: Operation Fortuna. BROADCAST: 21st May 1960.
RC PLAYS: Alec.
3. GUNSMOKE.
EPISODE: The Bobsy Twins. BROADCAST: 21st May 1960.
RC PLAYS: Pete.
Although not the first to be broadcast, this was actually Richard's first paid acting job after signing with agent Monique James at MCA.
4. WHISPERING SMITH.
EPISODE: Stain of Justice. BROADCAST: 12th June 1961.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
5. THRILLER.
EPISODE: N/A. BROADCAST: N/A.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
The programme itself is forgettable, but during filming, Chamberlain did get to meet Kildare producer Douglas Benton for the first time.
"The first time I met him," recalls the veteran producer of many shows, including not only Kildare but the likes of Ironside, "was when he did a small part for me in an episode of the old TV show Thriller that we made with Boris Karloff. He was green, raw. He had only been acting for six or seven months. We had him in this little part mainly because of Monique's (his agent) insistence. And I thought to myself, 'another pretty boy. He doesn't seem strong enough to be a leading man.' Soon after, when I went over to work on Dr. Kildare, I was dumbfounded at how much he had learned."
6. THE DEPUTY.
EPISODE: N/A. BROADCAST: 1961.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
7. RESCUE 8.
EPISODE: N/A. BROADCAST: 1961.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
8. BOURBON STREET BEAT.
EPISODE: N/A. BROADCAST: 1961.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
9. THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
EPISODE: FOUR FEET IN THE MORNING. BROADCAST: 1963.
RC PLAYS: N/A.
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