Charles Kimbrough


Actor

About

Birth Place
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Born
May 23, 1936

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...

Family & Companions

Beth Howland
Companion
Actor. Met while performing in the Broadway musical "Company".

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).

Life Events

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"

Companions

Beth Howland
Companion
Actor. Met while performing in the Broadway musical "Company".

Bibliography