Hunky Docs

Richard Chamberlain

RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN kicked off the 1960s as Dr. Kildare, a sensitive young intern learning the ropes in a big Los Angeles hospital. (Los Angeles has always seemed to be the favored locale for hunky doc-dom.) Chamberlain himself had attended LA's Pomona College intending to be an artist, but he turned out to be so incredibly handsome that he was more or less whisked onto the stage. Kildare ended in 1966; years later Chamberlain resurfaced as a Mature Hunk in 1980s miniseries like Shogun and The Thorn Birds.