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THE OTHER DAY at a Beverly
Hills restaurant, a woman
rushed up to actor Dick Chamber
lain. "May I have your autograph,
please?"
The young man obliged by scribbling
"Dick Chamberlain Dr. Kildare" on the
back of her menu.
The woman hesitated, then pointed to
her midriff. "I ... I have a persistent pain
right here. Of course, you're not a real
doctor, but I thought you might've heard
something."
Dick Chamberlain smiled sympathetical
ly. "I get the same thing myself." His voice
lowered to a confidential whisper. "I think
it's my belt. Too tight."
"Thank you so much," the woman
gushed, and returned to her table.
"This happens all the time," the star of
television's Dr. Kildare series told me,
"and frankly I don't know what to do
except kid people about it. But often they
take it seriously. And believe me, I don't
know anything about medicine."
At a recording studio only a two-minute
walk from Desilu studio, where his "Ben
Casey" series is filmed, Vince Edwards
took time off from recording a ballad to
tell me that he, too, is constantly pressed
for medical advice. "Even real doctors and
nurses discuss cases with me. It gets to be
pretty monotonous!"
In a way, public reaction to today's two
top tv heroes is not surprising. In recent
months, Doctors Casey and Kildare have
succeeded in taking the limelight away
from the long-popular Westerns and focus
ing it on the medical profession.
Edwards is 30 according to him, 33 ac
cording to his official biography, and
36 according to other sources. Chamber
lain is 27, but admits the studio will never
let him grow older. Together they have
made such an impact on television audi
ences that by next season it will be im
possible to find a week night that doesn't
expose the viewer to some communicable
disease via a new medical series.
How do the present heroes of the band-,
age clan feel about this competition?
Ben Casey, alias Vince Edwards, insists,
"I don't want to play a doctor indefinitely,
anyway. But we have a good show, and I'm
not concerned about competition."
Dr. Kildare, nee Dick Chamberlain, wor
ried about his show's future at first but
has since gained confidence. "Let them
come," he says. "The more the merrier."
The difference in appearance, outlook,
personality, and background of the two
popular stars makes an interesting com
parison. It is to their credit that neither
has ever been heard muttering an unkind
Family WrtJcly. Junt 24, 1962
Battle of the Tv
Dick Chamberlain shares "
fthe spotlight with f -
veteran actor Raymond Vi ; 1
Massey and Dina
Merrill on recent show. .
Richard Chamberlain ("Doctor Kildare")
and Vince Edwards ("Ben Casey") have
different bedside manners, but both
have found the prescription for success
In one of his rare smil
ing moods, Vince
Edwards discusses a .
case with his patient
mentor, Sam affe.
r. .
Medics
remark about the other. In fact, Dick
Chamberlain insists he would like to meet
Vince "to compare notes." Vince hasn't
made such overtures, but then he isn't .
exactly the exuberant type. In fact, the
former Vincent Edward Zoine of Brooklyn
has already established a reputation as
tv's most dour personality. Finding a smiie
on his face is rare indeed !
After a stint in B movies, Vince made
some records which didn't sell, and no one
was conscious of his presence till he walked
into agent Abby Greshler's office a little
over a year ago. Abby, one of the shrewd
est men in his field, recognized Vince's
potential qualities and set up a meeting
with "Ben Casey" producer Jim Mosher.
The latter was so impressed by the earthy,
seemingly belligerent Edwards that he
chose him from more than 100 candidates
for the title role of "Ben Casey."
While there's nothing very conventional
about Edwards, there's nothing extraordi
nary about him either, other than that he
hated to wear shoes and socks as a boy.
He stands 6 feet, 2 inches, has brown hair,
hazel-green eyes, is the youngest (a twin)
of seven children, takes pride in being trim
and well-muscled, distinguished himself as
a swimmer at Ohio State University and
the University of Hawaii, and at one time
was New York State swimming champion.
His mother, a dietitian, helps prepare
meals at a New York high school. His
father, who was a construction worker,
died several years ago.
Vince lives with his grandmother in a
modest Hollywood home, but says he is
looking for a house of his own in Brent
wood. He is currently going steady with
Sherry Nelson, an attractive blonde non
professional, and his friends think his in
terest in a new home means he's ready
for marriage.
Vince NEVER had much money before he
started his series. "As a result," a
friend says, "he is still pretty tight with a
dollar. When he goes to a restaurant, he
will analyze the bill the way he diagnoses a
patient on tv."
But Vince's bank account is swelling
with his popularity, and not just because
of his conservative financial policies. Vince
went to work at $1,750 a week and is in
a hot battle with producers for more
specifically, $7,500 a week, 25 percent of
the profits, and $100,000 to finance pilot
shows of his own.
Dick Chamberlain, who shares the spot
light with veteran actor Raymond Mas
sey in "Dr. Kildare," has made no such
financial demands. In fact, he hasn't made
any. He started with $400 a week and, ac
cording to a studio official, still makes less
than $1,000 and never complains. Yet his
appreciation for the dollar is just as great
By PEER J.
OPPENHEIMER
as Edwards' although he was born in
Beverly Hills on the wrong side of Santa
Monica Boulevard.
His father was a market-fixtures sales
man who started his own business only
three years ago. To earn pocket money,
Dick had a paper route, was a box boy at
a supermarket, and a construction laborer
while studying art at Pomona College. "I
had hoped to become a commercial artist,"
he told me, "and I still like to paint. Un
fortunately there's no time now."
The idea of becoming an actor first, oc
curred to him at college and, with the help
of an agent-friend, he landed a small sup
porting role in "Gunsmoke."
Dick was tested by MGM for the leads
in two other series and was turned down
both times. The Kildare role had been ten
tatively assigned to Lew Ayres, who had
originated it 25 years ago opposite Lionel
Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie. But the spon
sors reportedly considered Ayres too old,
and the race was on With 35 young actors
testing for the part. Luckily someone re
membered the tall, blond, blue-eyed young
man who was considered almost "too
pretty" for the role. He won out.
Like vince, Dick is single, and has a
i steady girl, Clara Ray, whom he met
while studying singing at the Los Angeles
Conservatory of Music. "The marriage
license bureau isn't going to collect my $3
for a long time," he insists. "With my
work time, I'm lucky to have any private
life of my own."
He rents a small, hardly accessible house
in the Hollywood Hills and is likely to stay
there for some time. In spite of a gradual
increase in salary, there are too many
things he wants to buy including a new
car to replace his ancient foreign sports
model before investing in a home.
A short while ago, Dick followed Vince
into the recording business. Even if he is
successful in this venture, he stands no
chance of getting rich as a singer. His re
cording is done for MGM as part of a
seven-year exclusive contract for his serv
ices in all fields of entertainment.
On the other hand, in spite of several
unsuccessful starts in the recording field
before he became famous, Edwards could
make $1 million from his first recording.
Whether these two actors want to or not,
they will be involved in a popularity con
test. At this time it is anybody's guess who
will win. And there's always a chance that
both will die from a common tv malady
overexposure.
Meanwhile, they might find some satis
faction from the longevity of other tv dur
ables like the Western and the private
eye, both of which have weathered more
crises than Doctors Casey and Kildare are
likely to encounter for a long time.
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