# Clint Kimbrough > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clint_Kimbrough > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clint_Kimbrough.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Kimbrough > Source revision: 1346142783 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actor (1933–1996)}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2009}} {{Infobox person | name = Clint Kimbrough | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Clint_Kimbrough.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Louis Lacy Clinton Kimbrough | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|3|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|4|9|1933|3|8}} | death_place = | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | website = }} '''Louis Lacy Clinton Kimbrough'''{{cite web |title=Louis Lacy Clinton Kimbrough (1933–1996) buried in Allen Cemetery located in Allen, OK {{!}} People Legacy |url=https://peoplelegacy.com/louis_lacy_clinton_kimbrough-2K1f5t |website=peoplelegacy.com}} (March 8, 1933 – April 9, 1996) was an American actor. ==Early life== Kimbrough was born in [Oklahoma City](/source/Oklahoma_City) on March 8, 1933, to parents Fred and Lucinda (Yoakum) Kimbrough. After his birth, his family moved to [Allen, Oklahoma](/source/Allen%2C_Oklahoma), where Kimbrough attended [Allen High School](/source/Allen_High_School_(Oklahoma)) (AHS), graduating in 1951. Kimbrough demonstrated theatrical ability while still at school. In 1948, as President of Allen's Teen Town, he helped produce the "Gay Nineties Ball".Daily Oklahoman, September 26, 1948 As a junior at AHS, he wrote, produced and directed the 1950 senior play, a full-length production entitled ''Broadway''. After graduating from AHS, Kimbrough enrolled for a year at [Oklahoma University](/source/University_of_Oklahoma).''Ada Evening News'', July 12, 1953 He then completed two years in the [US Signal Corps](/source/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)), stationed in Korea, before he made his professional stage debut in [Brandon Thomas](/source/Brandon_Thomas_(playwright))'s play ''[Charley's Aunt](/source/Charley's_Aunt)'' in 1953 aged 20, billed as "Lewis Clinton Kimbrough". == American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Actors Studio == Kimbrough subsequently enrolled in the [American Academy of Dramatic Arts](/source/American_Academy_of_Dramatic_Arts) in New York. Shortly thereafter, with the help of fellow Oklahoman [Lonny Chapman](/source/Lonny_Chapman), Kimbrough joined [Lee Strasberg](/source/Lee_Strasberg)'s [Actors Studio](/source/Actors_Studio), an incubator for acting talent. Kimbrough gained a reputation for his ability to understand the character he was asked to play.Ada Evening News, December 22, 1957 His work with The Actors Studio resulted in his first film role, ''The Strange One'', which used a cast and crew entirely of Actors Studio personnel. An appearance in ''A Face in the Crowd'' followed, and Kimbrough established a working relationship with director [Elia Kazan](/source/Elia_Kazan) that lasted ten years.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} ==Theater== Kimbrough appeared in an 11-month Broadway run of [Thornton Wilder](/source/Thornton_Wilder)'s ''[Our Town](/source/Our_Town)'', directed by [José Quintero](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Quintero). During the 1960s, Kimbrough worked in the theater and on Broadway, performing the works of Shakespeare, [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller), [Neil Simon](/source/Neil_Simon), [Eugene O'Neill](/source/Eugene_O'Neill) and [Tennessee Williams](/source/Tennessee_Williams). ==Television== In the late 1950s, Kimbrough appeared on [live television](/source/live_television) on numerous occasions, including weekly shows such as ''[Westinghouse Studio One](/source/Westinghouse_Studio_One)'', ''[G.E. Theater](/source/G.E._Theater)'' and ''[U.S. Steel Hour](/source/U.S._Steel_Hour)''. He was in an NBC TV production of ''Our Town'', again directed by José Quintero. ==Film== Kimbrough had a feature role in [Hal B. Wallis](/source/Hal_B._Wallis)'s 1958 ''[Hot Spell](/source/Hot_Spell_(film))''. He moved from New York to Hollywood in the late 1960s and developed an association with [Roger Corman](/source/Roger_Corman), known as "King of the B Movies", with roles in several 1970s film productions, such as ''[Von Richthofen and Brown](/source/Von_Richthofen_and_Brown)'', ''[Bloody Mama](/source/Bloody_Mama)'', ''[Crazy Mama](/source/Crazy_Mama)'' and the ''Nurse'' movies.{{cite book|author1=Roger Corman|author2=J. Philip Di Franco|author3=Karyn G. Browne|title=The Movie World of Roger Corman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWlZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 April 2021|year=1979|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|isbn=978-0-87754-050-2|page=51}} He directed ''The Young Nurses''.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-nurses-cycle-part-3-nurses-teachers-stewardesses-and-models/|date=27 September 2025|access-date=27 September 2025|title=The Nurses Cycle Part 3 – Nurses, Teachers, Stewardesses and Models}} ==Personal life and death== Kimbrough was at one time married to [Frances Doel](/source/Frances_Doel), writer of ''[Crazy Mama](/source/Crazy_Mama)''.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} He died from pneumonia on April 9, 1996, at the age of 63.{{cite book |title=The Animals: Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy |date=2013 |publisher=Chatto & Windus |pages=217 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Animals/FbxlAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Clint+Kimbrough+1996&pg=PA217&printsec=frontcover |access-date=4 January 2025}} ==Clint Kimbrough Film Festival== Since 2007, a [film festival](/source/film_festival) has taken place in Allen, Oklahoma during the annual Alumni Weekend in June, aiming to acquaint the public with Kimbrough's career and work.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} == Performance history == * ''Broadway'' (March 10, 1950) – (play written, directed and produced by 17-year-old Kimbrough, a junior at Allen High School, staged at the AHS Gymnasium) * ''[Charley's Aunt](/source/Charley's_Aunt)'' (1953) – Brassett (Stage debut of "Lewis Clinton Kimbrough" as a member of the Gateway Stock Company of New York at [Gatlinburg, Tennessee](/source/Gatlinburg%2C_Tennessee)) * ''[Picnic](/source/Picnic_(play))'' (1955) - Bomber the paper boy (While studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; opened at the Barbizon-Plaza Theatre in New York City on October 28, 1955)Picnic, American Academy of Dramatic Arts Program, October 28, 1955 * ''[Dulcy](/source/Dulcy_(play))'' (1956) – Tom Sterrett (As a senior at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; Staged at the Coronet Theatre in New York City, March 29, 1956)Dulcy, American Academy of Dramatic Arts Program, March 29, 1956 * ''[Mister Roberts](/source/Mister_Roberts_(play))'' (1956) – Payne (December 10, 1956, New York City Center production) * ''[South Pacific](/source/South_Pacific_(musical))'' (1957) – uncredited sailor (Staged during the Spring 1957 season at the [New York City Center](/source/New_York_City_Center) by the NYCC Light Opera Company)South Pacific, New York City Center Program, April 29, 1957 * ''[The Strange One](/source/The_Strange_One)'' (1957) (Kimbrough' first film performance, released by Columbia in April, 1957)Mister Roberts, New York City Center Program, December 16, 1965* ''[Arms and the Man](/source/Arms_and_the_Man)'' (1957) – (Stock production) * ''[Studio One](/source/Studio_One_(U.S._TV_series))'': "The Weston Strain" (May 27, 1957) – Paul (Kimbrough's first television appearance) * ''Studio One'': "The Night America Trembled" (Season 10, Episode 1; September 9, 1957) – Bob * ''[Hot Spell](/source/Hot_Spell_(film))'' (1958) – Billy * ''[U.S. Steel Hour](/source/U.S._Steel_Hour)'': "Trap for a Stranger" (February 25, 1959) – Elroy Hubbard * ''[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)'' (October 11, 1959) (Season 5 Episode 3: "Appointment at Eleven") – David 'Davie' Logan * ''[Our Town](/source/Our_Town)'' (November 13, 1959) – George Gibbs (NBC production) * ''[General Electric Theater](/source/General_Electric_Theater)'': "The Last Dance" (November 22, 1959)Daily Oklahoman, November 15, 1959 * ''R.C.M.P. ([Royal Canadian Mounted Police](/source/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police))'': "Target for the Law" (Season 1, Episode 25; May 4, 1960) – Mattice * ''[Camino Real](/source/Camino_Real_(play))'' (1960) – Kilroy (Off-Broadway, St. Marks Playhouse production opening May 16, 1960) * ''[Laurette](/source/Laurette_(play))'' (1960) – Jack (Opening at the [Shubert Theatre](/source/Shubert_Theatre_(New_Haven)) in [New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut) on September 30, 1960)Sunday Oklahoman, September 4, 1960 * ''[U.S. Steel Hour](/source/U.S._Steel_Hour)'': "Summer Rhapsody" (Season 8, Episode 18; May 3, 1961) * ''[Look, We’ve Come Through](/source/Look%2C_We%E2%80%99ve_Come_Through)'' (1961) – (Premiered October 25, 1961 at the [Hudson Theatre](/source/Hudson_Theatre)) * ''[Time Remembered](/source/Time_Remembered)'' (1963) – Prince Albert (Opened July 9, 1963 at the Peninsula Players Garden Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin)Daily Northwestern, July 9, 1963 * ''[Shot in the Dark](/source/L'Idiote)'' (1963) – Young magistrate (Opened July 16, 1963 at the Peninsula Players Fish Creek Theater)Daily Northwestern, July 19, 1963 * ''[The Zoo Story](/source/The_Zoo_Story)'' (1963) – Young hoodlum (Production by the Peninsula Players of [Fish Creek, Wisconsin](/source/Fish_Creek%2C_Wisconsin))Appleton Post Crescent, July 24, 1963* ''[Come Blow Your Horn](/source/Come_Blow_Your_Horn)'' (1963) – Elder brother (Opened August 20, 1963, performed by the Peninsula Players)Daily Northwestern, August 15, 1963 * ''[But For Whom Charlie](/source/But_For_Whom_Charlie)'' (1964) – Willard Prosper (By the Lincoln Center Repertory Co. under the direction of Elia Kazan){{cite book|author1=Faye Dunaway|author2=Betsy Sharkey|title=Looking for Gatsby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-9A_cXpH2kC&pg=PA77|accessdate=22 April 2021|date=December 1997|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-67526-4|page=77}} * ''[The Changeling](/source/The_Changeling_(play))'' (1964) – Pedro (Production of the Lincoln Center Repertory Co. under the direction of Elia Kazan) * ''[Incident at Vichy](/source/Incident_at_Vichy)'' (1965) – Nazi Professor Hoffman (Production of the Lincoln Center Repertory Co. under the direction of Elia Kazan) * ''[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)'' (1965) – unnamed role (Ran January 14, 1965 to May 22, 1965, at the Repertory Theater of the Lincoln Center, [New York City](/source/New_York_City)) * ''[Saint Joan](/source/Saint_Joan_(play))'' (1965) – Dunois (Opened a new season at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater on October 29, 1965)''Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter'', October 29, 1965 * ''[Diary of a Scoundrel](/source/Diary_of_a_Scoundrel)'' (1965) – Gloumov (Opened November 18, 1965 at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater)Sunday Post Crescent, November 21, 1965 * ''[Henry IV, Part 1](/source/Henry_IV%2C_Part_1)'' (1966) – Prince Hal (Opened February 27, 1966 at the [Milwaukee Repertory Theater](/source/Milwaukee_Repertory_Theater))Sunday Post Crescent, February 27, 1966 * ''[Marat/Sade](/source/Marat%2FSade)'' (1966) – Marat (Opened October 24, 1966 at Theatre Co. of Boston)The Harvard Crimson, October 29, 1966 * ''[Crazy Mama](/source/Crazy_Mama)'' (1970) - Daniel the father * ''[Bloody Mama](/source/Bloody_Mama)'' (1970) – Arthur Barker * ''[The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail](/source/The_Night_Thoreau_Spent_in_Jail)'' (1971) – [Henry David Thoreau](/source/Henry_David_Thoreau) (Opened October 13, 1971 at the New Mexico State University Theater)Las Cruces Sun News, October 3, 1971 * ''[Von Richthofen and Brown](/source/Von_Richthofen_and_Brown)'' (1971) – German Major Von Hoeppner * ''[Magic Carpet](/source/Magic_Carpet_(film))'' (November 6, 1972) – John Doolittle (Filmed on location and first broadcast by NBC as the unsuccessful pilot for a weekly TV series) * ''[The Crucible](/source/The_Crucible)'' (1972) – Jon Proctor ([New Mexico State University](/source/New_Mexico_State_University) production opening September 30, 1972)El Paso Herald Post, September 30, 1972 * ''[Night Call Nurses](/source/Night_Call_Nurses)'' (1972) – Dr. Bramlett * ''[The Young Nurses](/source/The_Young_Nurses)'' (1973) – (as Director) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0453910}} * {{IBDB name}} * [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Clint%20Kimbrough;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Clint Kimbrough] at the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin)'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211533/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Actors Studio audio collection] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimbrough, Clint}} Category:1933 births Category:1996 deaths Category:American male stage actors Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from Oklahoma Category:University of Oklahoma alumni Category:20th-century American male actors Category:People from Allen, Oklahoma --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Clint Kimbrough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Kimbrough) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Kimbrough?action=history)). 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