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Lee Kinsolving

{{Short description|American actor}}

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| name = Lee Kinsolving

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| birth_name = Arthur Lee Kinsolving Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|08|30|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|04|1938|08|30|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1958–1966

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| spouse = {{marriage|Lillian B. Crawford|1969|1972|end=divorced}}

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Arthur Lee Kinsolving Jr. (August 30, 1938 – December 4, 1974), was an American film, theater and television actor. In 1960, Kinsolving was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor at the 18th Golden Globe Awards for his role as Sammy Goldenbaum in the film The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

Early life and career

Kinsolving was born on August 30, 1938, in Boston, Massachusetts, where his father, Rev. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, was serving as the rector of Trinity Church at the time.{{cite news|title=Lee Kinsolving, 36, Actor, Son of Ex-St. James' Rector |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/08/archives/lee-kinsolving-36-actor-son-of-exst-james-rector.html |work=New York Times |date=1974-12-08 |access-date=2014-01-01}} Father Kinsolving later became the rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, which brought the family to New York City. Kinsolving began his acting career on Broadway.

Kinsolving's acting credits include performances on nearly two dozen prominent television series during the 1950s and 1960s. In a 1959 episode of The Rifleman he performed as Tim Elder, the son of an alcoholic father played by Dabbs Greer. The same year, Kinsolving played Jammie Murdock in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel titled "The Sons of Aaron Murdock." Later, in 1964, on The Twilight Zone episode "Black Leather Jackets," he was cast as an alien who falls in love with a human being portrayed by Shelley Fabares. In 1964, Kinsolving also guest starred on Gunsmoke as identical twin brothers, one good and one evil, in an episode titled "The Other Half." Also in 1964, Kinsolving played a disturbed teenager who kills his only friend by accident on an episode of "Route 66" entitled "Follow the White Dove with the Broken Wing".

Personal life

In 1969, Kinsolving married model Lillian B. Crawford.{{cite news|title=Lillian B. Crawford Betrothed To Arthur Lee Kinsolving Jr. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0815FB3C5D1A7B93C6A91783D85F4D8685F9 |work=New York Times |date=1969-08-04 |access-date=2014-01-01}} They were divorced in April 1972.{{cite news|title=Divorces Granted|work=The Palm Beach Post|date=April 1, 1972|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|page=25}}

Death

On December 4, 1974, Kinsolving died in Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 36 from a sudden respiratory illness.

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

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1959The RiflemanTim ElderSeason 1 Episode 39: "Boomerang"
1959Have Gun Will TravelJamie MurdockSeason 2 Episode 33: "The Sons of Aaron Murdock"
1960All the Young MenPvt. Dean
1960The Dark at the Top of the StairsSammy Golden
1961The Explosive GenerationDan Carlyle
1964The Twilight ZoneScottSeason 5 Episode 18: "Black Leather Jackets"
1964GunsmokeJess & Jay BartellEpisode: "The Other Half"
1964The Outer LimitsEthan WechslerSeason 1 Episode 21: "The Children of Spider County"

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name | 0455924}}
  • {{IBDB name|110111}}

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Category:1938 births

Category:1974 deaths

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:Male actors from Boston

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:American Episcopalians

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