 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 also starred in the original broadway production of a.r. gurney's comedy sylvia. around 1976-1977, he did the chef boyardee spaghetti & meatballs commercial. in 1988, mr. 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 ten seasons, or 247 episodes, 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.charles kimbrough and jason alexander to debut kingdom hearts mr. kimbrough is part of the cast of the roundabout theater company's 2012 broadway revival of [[mary cha
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