Charles Kimbrough
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Biography
A tall, classically trained character actor, Kimbrough began his career working on Broadway and came to prominence in two Stephen Sondheim musicals, "Company" (1970) and "Sunday in the Park With George" (1984). Among his film credits are "The Front" (1976) and "Starting Over" (1979) and he provided the voice of one of the gargoyles in Disney's animated "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996). After years of work for PBS' "American Playhouse" and guest appearances on TV, Kimbrough was cast as the straight-laced, unemotional news anchor Jim Dial on CBS' "Murphy Brown" (1988-98).
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1961
New York stage debut, "All in Love"
1969
Broadway debut in John Guare's "Cop Out"
1970
Breakthrough Broadway role, Harry in "Company"
1975
Made TV debut in "Rules of the Game", a PBS "American Playhouse" presentation
1976
Made feature debut in "The Front"
1988
Made TV series debut on CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown"
1995
Returned to NYC stage to co-star with Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sylvia"
1996
Voiced a Gargoyle in Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"