According to People, Richard Chamberlain - the actor who played Cha Ralph in the movie "The Thorn Birds" - recently passed away at the age of 90 after a stroke. He passed away on the evening of March 29 in Hawaii (USA) local time.
George Richard Chamberlain was born on March 31, 1934, in Los Angeles (USA). He is the son of a business family.
In 1952, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School and studied at Pomona University.
In 1956, Chamberlain joined the US Army and served in Korea with his teammates for about 16 months.
After his military discharge, Chamberlain went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. He started his career as a handsome, kind, and thoughtful doctor in the drama "Dr. Kildare."
The role helped Chamberlain have a large female fan community. At that time, he received an average of 12,000 fan letters per week from fans, breaking the previous record of legendary actor Clark Gable in his silver screen blockbuster "Gone With the Wind".
After that, Chamberlain continued to appear in a number of short film series such as "Shogun" (1980) or "The Thorn Birds" (1983) and many other successful films.
In his acting career, the actor has won many awards and titles such as the Golden Apple Award in 1962, the Golden Ball Award for TV series of 1963 with the movie "Dr. Kildare" (1961).
In 2011, he was also awarded the Steiger Award for his contributions to the 7th art form.
