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Charles Kimbrough is a Actor American born on 23 may 1936 at Saint Paul (USA)

Charles Kimbrough

Charles Kimbrough
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 may 1936 at Saint Paul (USA)
Death 11 january 2023 (at 86 years)

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".

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.

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. 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.

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.

Best films

Usually with

Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings
(3 films)
Michel Mella
Michel Mella
(3 films)
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern
(3 films)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Kimbrough (16 films)

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Marci X
Marci X (2003)
, 1h24
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Hip hop films, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Charles Kimbrough, Jane Krakowski, Richard Benjamin
Roles Lane Strayfield
Rating30% 1.507261.507261.507261.507261.50726
Marci Feld, juive américaine, doit prendre la direction du label rap hardcore Felony Assault de son père Ben, celui-ci ayant subi une crise cardiaque en raison de la controverse entourant le titre Shoot Ya' Teacha de Dr. S. Pour sauver son père de la faillite, Marci tente de ramener le rappeur à plus de raison et d'adoucir son image de mauvais garçon. Au fil du temps, une relation amoureuse s'installe entre les deux protagonistes. Mais la sénatrice conservatrice Mary Ellen Spinkle promet de bannir des ondes le Dr S et ses paroles outrageuses pour toujours.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, 1h8
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about children, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tom Hulce, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Haley Joel Osment, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline, Michael McKean
Roles Gargoyle Victor (voice)
Rating47% 2.383892.383892.383892.383892.38389
Now serving as Paris' Captain of the Guard under the new Minister of Justice, after the death of the previous one (Judge Claude Frollo). Captain Phoebus and Esmeralda have married and have a six-year-old son named Zephyr. Quasimodo is now an accepted part of Parisian society; though he still lives in Notre Dame with his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, and still serves as the cathedral's bell-ringer.
Recess: School's Out, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, James Woods, Paul Willson, Ashley Johnson, Robert Goulet
Roles Mort Chalk (voice)
Rating65% 3.2502253.2502253.2502253.2502253.250225
After pulling off one last big prank at Third Street Elementary School, T.J. Detweiler and his friends are excited about being done with the rest of the school year and starting summer vacation. But TJ's happiness is short-lived, as he finds out that all five of his best friends (and most of their schoolmates) are going to be gone for most of the summer at various summer camps around the state to plan for their futures. T.J. quickly becomes bored and lonely without his friends to hang out with, and even very reluctantly agrees to hang out with the school snitch Randall. On his way there, he notices something going on at the school. T.J. sneaks inside and finds scientists using a tractor beam to levitate an office safe. Panicked, he tries to tell his parents and the police, but every time they do not listen. When he gets Principal Prickly to come to see what is going on, the principal is electrocuted and dematerialized while attempting to unlock and open the door, leaving only his shoes behind as evidence. T.J. is now frustrated because of his parents and the police continually ignoring him. He decides he has to round up the gang and uses his sister Becky's diary to blackmail her into driving him to all the camps to pick up his friends.
The Wedding Planner, 1h43
Directed by Adam Shankman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Joanna Gleason, Justin Chambers, Lou Myers
Roles Mr. Donolly
Rating53% 2.6555552.6555552.6555552.6555552.655555
After planning and coordinating another successful wedding ceremony, San Francisco wedding planner Mary (Jennifer Lopez) is re-introduced to childhood acquaintance Massimo (Justin Chambers) by her father (Alex Rocco) who wants the two of them to marry. Mary, however, is not impressed and instead remains focused on her ambition to become a partner at the wedding company she works for. As a way to persuade her boss, Geri (Kathy Najimy), to accept her as a partner, Mary pursues and is hired by catering heiress, Fran Donolly (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) to plan her society wedding to long term boyfriend 'Eddie.' While on the phone reporting her success Mary's shoe heel gets stuck in a manhole cover. While she attempts to free herself a taxi collides with a dumpster and it comes hurtling towards her. A man standing nearby rushes in and pulls her away just before the dumpster crashes. Mary manages to thank the man before fainting.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, 1h11
Directed by Tad Stones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Tim Allen, Nicole Sullivan, Thomas F. Wilson, Stephen Furst, Larry Miller, Adam Carolla
Roles Brain Pod #29 / Rhizomian Man (voice)
Rating62% 3.1058953.1058953.1058953.1058953.105895
As a framing device, Andy's toys watch a VHS copy of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about children, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about volcanoes, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Thomas Dekker, Anndi McAfee, Julien Bouanich, Kelly Marot, Aria Curzon, Jeff Bennett
Roles Rainbow Face #1 (voice)
Rating60% 3.004193.004193.004193.004193.00419
One evening, Petrie arrogantly begins telling a tale of the best creatures of the world: the Flyers. Cera disagrees and the tale isn't true. Petrie then spots a herd of dinosaurs visiting the Great Valley, but apparently they don't matter. The youngsters later went to bed after their parents called them in for the night. Later that night, Littlefoot sees a strangely blue colored meteor falling from the sky and colliding into Threehorn Peak, a volcano in the Smoking Mountain range. When Littlefoot describes it the next morning, most of the adult dinosaurs in the Great Valley disbelieve Littlefoot's story since he is a known liar. However, two newcomers, the mysterious and racially-insensitively named "Rainbow Faces", speak eloquently of possibilities of wonders beyond what they know. The Rainbow Faces suggest (i.e., lie) that the rock may be a "Stone of Cold Fire", a stone possessing magical properties. Pterano, the devious, sinister and outcast uncle of Littlefoot's friend Petrie, somehow overhears the conversation and conspires to use the rock to take control of the Great Valley Ganon-style. Pterano asks Petrie, who idolizes him for some reason, for the location of the rock and is told it has landed on Threehorn Peak. Littlefoot's friend Ducky overhears Pterano's plan because dinosaurs apparently aren't good at whispering, but Pterano and his cronies, Sierra and Rinkus, abduct her before she can warn the others. They take her along as they set out to find the Stone of Cold Fire before an Amber Alert is filed. The other dinosaurs discover Ducky's kidnapping. The adults tell the young ones that Pterano had been made an outcast due to his carelessness after self-appointing himself leader of a group of dinosaurs; while searching for the Great Valley, Pterano was overconfident and led his followers directly into a pack of small, albino Sharpteeth. Pterano, a Pteranodon like Petrie (that makes sense; they are uncle and nephew), was able to fly away, although the event left him heart-broken. He ended up expelled from the herd as punishment for abandoning his followers, yet he continues to hang around undeterred.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1h27
Directed by Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman
Roles Gargoyle Victor (voice)
Rating70% 3.5013153.5013153.5013153.5013153.501315
In 1482 Paris, Clopin, a gypsy puppeteer, narrates the origin of the titular hunchback. A group of gypsies sneak illegally into Paris, but are ambushed by Judge Claude Frollo, the minister of justice. A gypsy woman in the group attempts to flee with her deformed baby, but Frollo chases and kills her outside Notre Dame. He tries to kill the baby as well, but the cathedral's archdeacon intervenes and accuses Frollo of murdering an innocent woman. To atone for his sin, Frollo reluctantly agrees to raise the deformed child in Notre Dame as his son, naming him Quasimodo.
The Good Mother, 1h44
Directed by Leonard Nimoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy, Teresa Wright, James Naughton
Roles oncle Orrie
Rating57% 2.8523452.8523452.8523452.8523452.852345
Anna Dunlap (Diane Keaton), is a piano teacher who works part-time at a college laboratory and a recent divorcee who has custody of a six-year-old daughter. She meets and falls in love with Leo (Liam Neeson), an Irish sculptor who helps her to find true passion and fulfillment. But her sexual liberation comes at a very high cost: her ex-husband Brian (Naughton) questions her new lifestyle. Worse, he accuses Leo of sexually molesting Molly and sues Anna for custody of their daughter.
Switching Channels, 1h45
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern
Roles The Governor
Rating59% 2.951452.951452.951452.951452.95145
Sullivan (Reynolds) is the operations manager of Satellite News Network, a fictitious cable TV news channel. He tries to prevent the impending marriage of Colleran (Turner), his best reporter and ex-wife, by keeping her on the job during the critical news coverage of an upcoming execution and prison break.
Weekend War, 1h30
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Stephen Collins, Daniel Stern, Michael Beach, Scott Paulin, James Tolkan, Charles Haid
Roles Father Leary
Rating60% 3.04613.04613.04613.04613.0461
The plot concerns a rag-tag group of U.S. Army reservists who are deployed to Honduras to build a runway. After an intervention by the U.S. Embassy, the crew are then sent to a dangerous nearby village to repair a bridge. The title comes from his character's death scene where he shouts "Two tours in 'Nam I never get hit. This is a lousy weekend war!"
It's My Turn, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles Grodin, Beverly Garland, Steven Hill, Charles Kimbrough
Roles Jerome
Rating54% 2.7081252.7081252.7081252.7081252.708125
Kate Gunzinger is a mathematics professor at a Chicago university. She lives with a man named Homer in a comfortable but not terribly passionate relationship.
The Seduction of Joe Tynan, 1h47
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Alda, Charles Kimbrough
Roles Francis
Rating60% 3.0490053.0490053.0490053.0490053.049005
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment and he finds himself struggling with his own morality and the corruption surrounding him. He falls for a lovely lady attorney and has an affair that jeopardizes his marriage, and possibly, his career.
Starting Over, 1h45
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton
Roles Salesman
Rating63% 3.1991053.1991053.1991053.1991053.199105
Phil Potter (Reynolds) splits with his wife, Jessica (Bergen). She wants to begin a singing and songwriting career and she also has been having an affair.
The Sentinel, 1h32
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Christopher Walken, Beverly D'Angelo
Roles Doctor
Rating62% 3.1483453.1483453.1483453.1483453.148345
Alison Parker, a beautiful but severely neurotic fashion model (Raines) moves into a gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone house that has been divided into apartments. The house is inhabited on the top floor by Father Halliran (John Carradine), a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window. Alison begins having strange physical problems, including insomnia, and has some terrifying flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, only to be told that the house is occupied only by the priest and herself. The behavior of her "non-existent" neighbors becomes increasingly surreal and disturbing.