Charles Kimbrough
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Kimbrough at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, September 17, 1989
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Born | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
May 23, 1936
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951-present |
Spouse(s) | Beth Howland (unknown) |
Charles Kimbrough (born May 23, 1936) is an American actor known for having played the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown. In 1990, his performance in the role earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series".[1]
Biography
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kimbrough has extensive stage experience. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kimbrough and his first wife, Mary Jane were part of the resident company of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre where they appeared in such plays as Feydeau's "Cat Among the Pigeons" and Jules Feiffer's "The White House Murder Case." In 1971, he was nominated for a Tony for best featured actor in a musical as Harry in Stephen Sondheim's Company. In 1984, he performed in the original Broadway cast of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. He starred in the original Off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney's comedy Sylvia in 1985.[2]
Around 1976-1977, he did the Chef Boyardee Spaghetti & Meatballs commercial.
In 1988, Kimbrough was cast as Jim Dial, a veteran network news anchor with the integrity and experience of an Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite, on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. The series ran for 247 episodes over ten seasons, scoring 17 Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes. Mr. Kimbrough was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990.
He is married to actress and fellow Company cast mate Beth Howland, known for her television work as Vera Louise Gorman-Novak on the sitcom Alice. He studied theater and drama at Indiana University Bloomington, and graduated in 1958. He earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree at Yale University's School of Drama. To younger audiences, he is probably best known for supplying the voice of Victor, the most mature gargoyle in Disney's 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a role he reprised in its direct-to-video sequel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.[3]
Kimbrough is part of the cast of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2012 Broadway revival of Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play Harvey playing William R. Chumley, M.D., with Jim Parsons in the lead as Elwood P. Dowd. The show is scheduled to run from June 14 to August 5, 2012 at New York's Studio 54 Theatre.[4]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Kojak | Rudy | Episode: "A Question of Answers" |
1975 | Great Performances | Dr. Spiga | Episode: "The Rules of the Game" |
1976 | The Front | Committee counselor | |
1976 | Kojak | Assistant D.A. Greg Burton | 2 episodes |
1977 | Great Performances | Benton Arrelsford | Episode: "Secret Service" |
1979 | The Sentinel | Hospital doctor | Uncredited |
1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Francis | |
1979 | Starting Over | Salesman | |
1980 | It's My Turn | Jerome | |
1981 | For Ladies Only | Bob Merlis | Television movie |
1983 | Great Performances | Editor | Episode: "The Innocents Abroad" |
1985 | Tales of the Unexpected | Eric | Episode: "Scrimshaw" |
1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Louis Groton | Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
1988 | Switching Channels | The Governor | |
1988 | The Good Mother | Uncle Orrie | |
1988-1998 | Murphy Brown | Jim Dial | 122 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
1988 | Spenser: For Hire | Roger Thornwood | Episode: "To the End of the Line" |
1988 | Hothouse | Mr. Austen | Episode: "Nancy: Part 1" |
1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor | Voice |
2004 | Thomas and Friends | Mighty | Voice Recurring cast |
1998 | Pinky and the Brain | Sandy Dreckman | Episode: "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets in This Town Again!" |
1988 | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Rich | Episode: "Affairs to Remember" |
2000 | Family Guy | Jim Dial | Episode: "A Picture Is Worth $1,000 Bucks" |
2000 | The Angry Beavers | Narrator | Episode: "Canucks Amuck" |
2000 | Batman Beyond | Gordon | Episode: "Out of the Past" |
2001 | The Wedding Planner | Mr. Donolly | |
2002 | Ally McBeal | Charlie Fish | Episode: "What I'll Never Do for Love Again" |
2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 | Victor | Voice |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | Victor | Voice-over |
References
External links
- Charles Kimbrough at the Internet Movie Database
- Charles Kimbrough at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Charles Kimbrough at the Internet Off-Broadway Database