Richard Chamberlain and His Sub-Surface Secret

Reading the publicity from back then, when Chamberlain became a star with Dr. Kildare and the media started to line up for interviews, they talked about his "too good to be true" all-American good looks and personality. But the innuendo is almost blatant in this article from the 60s. You can almost hear Diana Ross singing "I'm Coming Out" in the background.

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• I was very affected by the two-part ep. of "Kildare" as a grade schooler. My friend Judy and I used to act it out in her bedroom. It starred Yvette Mimeux as schizo surfer chick "Tyger, Tyger."

• What a gorgeous looking man he was!

• He was such a hottie back then!

• Yep, I remember "Tyger, Tyger" and how my teenage sisters were devastated by it for days.

• When Yvette was having the seizures, I thought it meant the character was doing drugs, I don't think I was old enough to grasp that she was schizophrenic.

• I was very young, but I remember freaking out at the end when she drowned. It was the first time I'd ever seen a dead body with its eyes open. I thought that meant she was still alive.

• [quote]"Dick was all eyes and a mouth wide then," recalls his pal and publicist, Chuck Painter. Jesus Christ. There's a sentence for ya.

• He must have pulled a lot of cock when he was younger.

• All those gay rumors were started by Vince Edwards.

• [quote]feel free to rap on Dick's door

• Vince Edwatds was hotter if you liked tall, dark and handsome.....and hairy.

• Right you are, R11. At the time as a small kid I instinctively wanted to sit on Ben Casey's lap and stay far away from Dr. Kildare. Chamberlain was long-faced and insincere. Ben Edwards made me want to grind into him, without having a clue what THAT was all about.

• I meant "Vince Edwards," of course.

• Kim Stanley appeared on "Kildare" ....or maybe it was "Ben Casey". Watched it recently on YT and was amazed how she could take what used to be a common 'guest star' appearance, and elevate it to something great. She may have won an Emmy. Anyway, renforced why they call her 'the male Brando'. She was brilliant.

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