Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbroughis 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"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth23 May 1936
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
prayer character night
When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands.
jobs nice successful
Frankly, to be honest, I hadn't worked for two years before 'Murphy Brown.' It's a nice illusion now to think of all of us as terribly successful and talented people at the top of our profession, but that's hindsight. I had to pray for a job like this.
mother father class
I come from a wonderful family. My mother was a pianist and my father was a salesman. They were very middle-class, very middle-Western.
school firsts actors
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.
feelings acting want
I didn't want to break with my family. I wasn't about to make waves. But I had this feeling I wanted to do something that I liked to do. Acting's what I liked to do most. There must have been a moment when I felt, 'Oh, my God, I like this and what am I going to do about it?
self hands guy
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.