Lionel Barrymore starred opposite as the curmudgeonly mentor Dr. Gillespie while lovely Laraine Day played love interest nurse Mary Lamont. NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. Connie Hines appears with Chamberlain as Lucy Bridges, and Ted de Corsia is cast as another bandit. C $22.98 + shipping . [38], Warner Bros. also released the complete set of Dr. Gillespie films on DVD as the "Dr. Gillespie Movie Collection" via Warner Archive Collection in November 2014. https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Dr_Kildare_Singles, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Radio Attractions, "Jet Propelled...And Heading Your Way!" Amazon.ca - Buy Dr. Kildare: Movie Collection at a low price; free shipping on qualified orders. This table lists the Max Brand-authored Kildare stories in chronological order of first publication. The earliest known broadcast of the program took place on September 27, 1949, on Mutual station WGN in Chicago, prior to the WMGM premiere episode on October 12, 1949. Although not the first actor to don the scrubs of Max Brand's Dr. Kildare, Lew Ayres soon became synonymous with the young intern, playing the unconventional doctor in nine films for MGM from 1938 until 1942. Richard Chamberlain is an American actor and singer, famous for appearing on a teen idol in the television show, ‘Dr. [42][3] At least 60 half-hour episodes were produced. In 2012, Chamberlain appeared on stage in the Pasadena Playhouse as Dr. Sloper in the play The Heiress. Gillespie. In my mind, he was the single biggest … May 29, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Margaret Picking. Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre. [7][8], The author Frederick Schiller Faust, writing as Max Brand, created the character of Dr. James Kildare as a fictionalized version of his college friend, Dr. George Winthrop "Dixie" Fish, a New York surgeon. George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934) is an American actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). Episodes typically focused on Dr. Kildare dealing with a particular medical issue while jousting with eccentric patients and/or hospital administrators. A Sunday strip also ran from April 19, 1964, to April 3, 1983. [3], In 1953, Lew Ayres was approached to play Dr. Kildare in a television series, which would feature Dr. Kildare having finally taken over the practice of a retired Dr. Gillespie. Kildare' says his documentary, 'Altars of the World,' represents the bigger part of his life today", "Lionel Barrymore Has Title Role in 'Calling Dr. Gillespie,' of the Dr. Kildare Series, at Loew's Criterion Theatre", "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case - Digitally Remastered" DVD listing. Several of these films were co-written by Faust (as Max Brand), who also continued to write magazine stories and novels about the character until the early 1940s. The 9th of the 16 Dr. Kildare films, if you count Paramount's 1937 INTERNES CAN'T TAKE MONEY, the first offical Kildare flick, but not part of the MGM-Ayres series. 1965 Press Photo Actor Raymond Massey on "Dr. Kildare" - hcp70113 This is an original press photo. Mark Jenkins played Dr. Kildare in this syndicated reboot of the series. A television film, William Bast's The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), followed. [17] In 1944, Faust was killed in Italy while working as a war correspondent.[15][18]. [41], In the summer of 1949, MGM reunited Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to record the radio series, The Story of Dr. Kildare, which used the concept and characters of the earlier Young Dr. Kildare story and did not include any of the young doctors who had replaced Kildare in the later films featuring Dr. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet. Today at 7:58 AM "Young Doctor Kildare," "The Night of the Intern," filmed in January... 1972, aired in October 1972. The same year, he starred in Peter Weir's film The Last Wave. Pamelyn Ferdin. The Kildare character was later featured in an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series, a comic book and comic strip based on the 1960s TV show, and a short-lived second 1970s television series. Shortly after the character's first appearance in a magazine story, Paramount Pictures used the story and character as the basis for the 1937 film Internes Can't Take Money, starring Joel McCrea as Jimmie Kildare. In 2010, he appeared as Archie Leach in season 3, episode 3 of the series Leverage,[12] as well as two episodes of season 4 of Chuck where he played a villain known only as The Belgian. He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made-for-TV movie The Bourne Identity. Liebman 4 episodes, 1961-1962 Sam Reese ... Dr. Dan Shanks 4 episodes, 1961-1962 Dilart Heyson ... Sugar Man 4 episodes, 1966 Kathy Garver ... Tracey Richards 4 episodes, 1965 Basis for first film in Kildare series made by MGM, first appearance of Dr. Gillespie character, Basis for seventh film in MGM series, last collaboration between Faust and MGM, "Dr. Kildare's Dilemma" (unfinished four-part story), Faust's last Kildare story, never finished, posthumously published in the 1970s in unfinished form, Decter, Midge. Apr 28, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Maria D. Discover (and save!) Kildare,″ starring Richard Chamberlain. On March 12, 2011, Chamberlain received the Steiger Award (Germany) for accomplishments in the arts. Kildare: The Complete First Season” (Warner Archive, 1961-62, b/w, nine discs, $49.95, 33 episodes, pilot for “The Eleventh Hour”). 1963-10-01 United States Photo size: [52][53] The first two seasons told the story of Dr. James Kildare (Chamberlain), working in a fictional large metropolitan hospital while trying to learn his profession, deal with his patients' problems, and earn the respect of the senior Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Massey). Jun 29, 2019 - Explore Cheryl Colson's board "Dr kildare" on Pinterest. [15], Chamberlain was outed as a gay man at the age of 55 by the French women's magazine Nous Deux in December 1989, but it was not until 2003 that he confirmed his homosexuality in his autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir. Chamberlain's singing ability also led to some hit singles in the early 1960s, including the "Theme from Dr. Kildare", titled "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight", which struck No. Actor Raymond Massey practically moves mountains—and even resorts to romance—to land Claire Trevor as his head nurse, and then fights her as her changes upset hospital routine, In ’’The Bed I’ve Made" on NBC-TV’s "Dr. Kildare" Thursday, Jan. 5 (8:50-9:50 p.m. PST; 7:50-8:50 p.m. CST). Lock Haven (Pennsylvania) Express, May 16, 1944, p. 1. In the fall of 2005, Chamberlain appeared in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Broadway National Tour of Scrooge: The Musical. [1][7], Chamberlain co-founded a Los Angeles–based theatre group, Company of Angels, and began appearing in television series in the 1950s. [43] Episodes were scripted by James Moser, Jean Holloway, Les Crutchfield, E. Jack Neuman, John Michael Hayes, Joel Murcott, and others. Both premiering in the fall of 1961, Kildare, starring Richard Chamberlain (on NBC) and Casey, starring Vince Edwards (a.k.a. Actor. I found this series entry to be worth viewing. The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine. This medical series made a star/teen idol of Richard Chamberlain in the 1960s as the dedicated young doctor mentored by crusty Dr… With Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton. Apr 5, 2019 - Explore Sheila Warner Eitniear's board "DR. KILDARE", followed by 219 people on Pinterest. This rare collectible belonged to my mother. In 1962, Chamberlain won the Golden Apple Award for Most Co-Operative Actor. 33 photographic prints (contact sheets). Nov 7, 2015 - A gallery of Dr. Kildare publicity stills and other photos. "The Barbara Stanwyck Collection (There's Always Tomorrow, All I Desire, The Lady Gambles, Internes Can't Take Money, and more)" (DVD review). Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him for it, he has to try and prove his patient's innocence, especially for his sister Rosalie's sake. The series was not a success, and only 24 episodes were produced. In 1984, he won a Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: The Thorn Birds (1983). In 1982, he won the Clavell de Plata award at the Sitges – Catalan International Film Festival as Best Actor for The Last Wave (1977). [50][51] Premiering on September 28, 1961, the series was a top-10 hit with audiences and ran until April 5, 1966, for a total of 191 episodes in five seasons. “Dr. Featuring Richard Chamberlain, Anne Baxter, Raymond Massey and. The stories were written prior to the films being made, and were not published as movie tie-ins. The underlying rights to the Kildare film and television franchise are owned by Turner Entertainment (via Warner Bros.), with the exception of the 1937 film Internes Can't Take Money, currently owned by EMKA, Ltd./Universal Television, keeper of Paramount Pictures' pre-1950 sound library. [39], The single Paramount Kildare film, Internes Can't Take Money, was released on DVD by Universal as part of "The Barbara Stanwyck Collection" in April 2010. You Are Wanted for Consultation.″ ``Kildare″ actually led ``Casey″ in the ratings the first year, but ``Casey″ overtook it in the second season and was ranked in the top 10 shows for the year. The plot focuses on Dr. Kildare's attempt to help a young female ex-convict (played by Barbara Stanwyck) locate her child.