Charles Kimbrough is an American actor, best known for having played the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on NBC’s Murphy Brown.

Broadway theatre credits include his debut as Rudy Smythe in Home Fires (Cort Theatre); William R. Chumley, M.D. in Harvey (Studio 54); Prince of Arragon in The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst Theatre); Flogdell in Accent on Youth (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre); Jules/Bob Greenberg in Sunday in the Park with George (St. James Theatre); Harry in Company (Vivian Beaumont Theatre); Richard Greatham in Hay Fever (Music Box Theatre); Charlie in One Night Stand (Nederlander Theatre); Mr. Happiness in Mr. Happiness (Plymouth Theatre); J. Carlyle Benson in Boy Meets Girl and Benton Arrelsford in Secret Service (Playhouse Theatre); George in Same Time, Next Year (Brooks Atkinson/Ambassador Theatres); Dr. Spiga in The Rules of the Game and Tattle in Love for Love (Helen Hayes Theatre); and Dr. Pangloss/Others in Candide (Broadway Theatre).