Charles Kimbrough, who additionally voiced Victor the Gargoyle in Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame movies, has sadly handed away.
It’s being reported that actor Charles Kimbrough has died. Perhaps greatest recognized for his longrunning function within the TV collection Murphy Brown, Kimbrough handed away on Jan. 11 in Culver City, California, although his loss of life was simply now knowledgeable to the New York Times by his son, John Kimbrough. No different particulars, equivalent to a reason behind loss of life, had been specified. He was 86 years outdated.
Kimbrough was born on May 23, 1936. As an actor, he received began acting on stage, showing in lots of acclaimed performs all through the years. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1971 for his function in Stephen Sondheim’s Company. In 2012, he joined the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of Harvey which co-starred Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory.
The actor’s most well-known function can be that of anchorman Jim Dial within the hit CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. He appeared in all ten seasons of the collection, incomes a nomination for a Supporting Actor Emmy Award on the Emmys in 1990. In 2018, Kimbrough reprised the function for the Murphy Brown revival, showing in a number of episodes. In 2000, the character had additionally appeared in an episode of Family Guy with Kimbrough offering the voice.
Charles Kimbrough Voiced Victor the Gargoyle
Kimbrough could also be higher recognized to youthful individuals because the voice of Victor the Gargoyle in Disney’s animated function The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He reprised the function from the 1996 movie for the 2002 sequel as effectively and continued to voice Victor in numerous video video games, such because the Kingdom Hearts collection. He’d additionally achieved voiceover work for The Angry Beavers, BAtman Beyond, and Pinky and the Brain, in addition to the animated movies Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Recess: School’s Out, and The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire.
The veteran actor had additionally appeared in different movies like The Sentinel, Starting Over, The Good Mother, The Wedding Planner, and Marci X. His different credit on the small display contains having roles in Kojack, Great Performances, Tales of the Unexpected, Spenser: For Hire, Dinosaurs, Love Boat: The Next Wave, Ally McBeal, and The Zeta Project.
Kimbrough’s survivors embody a son, John. He had beforehand been married twice, along with his marriage to Mary Jane Wilson lasting from 1961 to 1991. He later married Company castmate Beth Howland in 2002 and had been collectively till her passing in 2015. Our condolences exit to John and Kimbrough’s different family members at this tough time. Rest in peace, Charles Kimbrough.
