Dr. James Kildare is a fictional American medical doctor, originally created in the 1930s by the author Frederick Schiller Faust under the pen name Max Brand. Shortly after the character's first appea
Original cover of first Dr. Kildare novel by Max Brand, Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie and Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare in Young Dr. Kildare (1938), the first of nine MGM "Dr. Kildare" series films in which the duo appeared
Raymond Massey as Dr. Gillespie and Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare, in the 1961 Dr. Kildare television series
George Richard Chamberlain was an American actor and singer whose career on stage and in film and television spanned over 60 years. He was the recipient of many accolades, including three Golden Globe
Dr. Kildare
…Barrymore). Ayres returned to voice the Kildare character in an early 1950s radio series. The 1961–1966 Dr. Kildare television series made a star of Richard Chamberlain and gave birth to a comic book and comic strip based on the show. A short-lived reboot of the TV series, Young Doctor Kildare, debuted in 1972 and ran…
Beverly Garland, Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey in the first episode of Dr. Kildare (1961)
Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare), Daniela Bianchi and Raymond Massey (Dr. Gillespie) from the television program Dr. Kildare in 1964
Chamberlain, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bob Merrill rehearsing Breakfast at Tiffany's in the mid-1960s