Charles Kimbrough, best known for ‘Murphy Brown,’ dies at 86 – National | 24CA News

Charles Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who performed a straight-laced news anchor reverse Candice Bergen on Murphy Brown, died Jan. 11 in Culver City, California. He was 86.

Kimbrough performed newsman Jim Dial throughout the ten seasons of CBS hit sitcom Murphy Brown between 1988 and 1998, incomes an Emmy nomination in 1990 for excellent supporting actor in a comedy collection. He reprised the position for 3 episodes within the 2018 reboot.

The New York Times first reported his demise, and his son and brokers confirmed it Sunday to The Associated Press.

“Whether on stage or in front of the camera he was a joy to behold,” mentioned SMS Talent, Inc., the expertise company that represented Kimbrough.

The company mentioned the actor died of pure causes in a hospital.

Kimbrough’s spouse, actor Beth Howland who performed diner server Vera on the Nineteen Seventies and ’80s CBS sitcom Alice, died in 2016. They married in 2002, greater than a decade after his 1991 divorce from his first spouse, Mary Jane (Wilson) Kimbrough, who died in 2007.

SMS Talent mentioned Kimbrough is survived by a sister, Linda Kimbrough, a son, John Kimbrough, a stepdaughter, Holly Howland, and a granddaughter, Cody.

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Born May 23, 1936, Kimbrough spent years within the New York theater scene. He was nominated for a Tony in 1971 for his Broadway efficiency within the Stephen Sondheim musical Company.

Kimbrough additionally lent his voice to a gargoyle named Victor in Disney’s animated movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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