Charles L. Kimball

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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| name = Charles L. Kimball

| birth_date = March 24, 1897

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|9|25|1897|3|24}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, United States

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| occupation = Film editor and writer

| years active = 1932-1964

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Charles Leonard Kimball (March 24, 1897 - September 25, 1976) was an American film editor and writer.

Active in Hollywood from 1932 on high-profile RKO Radio Pictures projects and a few short subjects, from 1934 onwards he worked almost exclusively on Mexican projects. Kimball was active until 1964. He was awarded the Mexican Ariel Award in 1951 for his editing work on In the Palm of Your Hand, and nominated for another the following year.