Charles Kimbrough, an actor known for his patrician looks and stately bearing who was nominated for an Emmy Award for portraying a comically rigid news anchor on the hit sitcom “Murphy Brown ...

Charles Kimbrough, right, poses with Candice Bergen, a fellow cast member of the "Murphy Brown" TV series, as they are reunited for a segment of the NBC "Today" program in New York, on Feb. 27, 2008.

LOS ANGELES — Charles Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Candice Bergen on “Murphy Brown,” died Jan. 11 in Culver City, California.

Charles Kimbrough, Anchor Jim Dial on ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 86. The Minnesotan was an original castmember in Sondheim's 'Company' and the voice of Victor in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' ...

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

"Alice" actress Beth Howland is dead, her husband Charles Kimbrough revealed Tuesday. She was 74. Howland died on Dec. 31 after a battle with lung cancer, Kimbrough told The New York Times.

Dr. Charles Kimbrough — a civil rights activist, former president of the Nashville branch of the NAACP, Korean war veteran, retired veterinarian, and minister has passed away at age 98 ...