Kenneth Kimmins

Acting

Kenneth Kimmins

Born 1941-09-04 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Kenneth Kimmins was born on September 4, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an American film, television, and theatre actor. Kimmins attended the Catholic University of America and began his acting career in 1969, playing Charley Montgomery in the Broadway play “The Fig Leaves Are Falling.” He has appeared in numerous television shows, including “Coach,” where he played Howard Burleigh, and “Arrested Development.” Some of his film roles include “Invaders from Mars,” “My Best Friend Is a Vampire,” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Kimmins has been married to Lisa Raggio since 1980.

Acting credits

Network poster
7.8

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Network

1976

Bachelor Party poster
6.3

On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.

Bachelor Party

1984

Confess, Fletch poster
6.2

The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized.

Confess, Fletch

2022

Some Kind of Wonderful poster
6.8

Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda. Matters are further complicated when Keith's invitation draws the ire of Amanda's rich yet snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns, who makes plans to get even.

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987

Invaders from Mars poster
5.6

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Invaders from Mars

1986

The Scarlett O'Hara War poster
6.2

The trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

Thieves poster
4.4

Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.

Thieves

1977

Shoot the Moon poster
6.3

After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.

Shoot the Moon

1982

My Best Friend Is a Vampire poster
6.0

Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

1987

Diplomatic Immunity poster
3.8

Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."

Diplomatic Immunity

1991

The Jennie Project poster
6.4

Hugo Archibald is a doctor and brings home a wide variety of exotic animal species. The latest animal he brings home is a chimpanzee named Jennie. Dr. Archibald is not home very much, and Andrew feels he does not care about him. And Lea his wife does not want Jennie, and says she makes trouble. But the children take an instant liking to her. Jennie is unique in that she is learning to use and understand sign language. Jennie becomes an important part of Archibald family and Dr. Archibald's son, Andrew develops a close relationship with her. Jennie loves the things Andrew does, such as baseball and comic books. Jennie is also there for Andrew when he and his father disagree. A doctor Pamela Prentiss starts training with Jennie. She does not agree with the way Jennie is being cared for, and is seen as being rude to the Archibald family. She teaches Jennie sign language in a way that Jennie does not understand, but Lea finds a way she understands.

The Jennie Project

2001

Stella poster
5.8

Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.

Stella

1990

I Was a Mail Order Bride poster
6.0

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

The Ratings Game poster
5.7

A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

The Ratings Game

1984

Hoodwinked poster
6.3

Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who's the hood and who's being hoodwinked?

Hoodwinked

1989

Frozen Impact poster
6.1

A plane, carrying the liver destined for a child's transplant, crashes in a hailstorm.

Frozen Impact

2003

Love Among Thieves poster
6.2

Caroline DuLac, a baroness and concert pianist, steals three jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs from a San Francisco museum. The eggs were demanded as ransom for her kidnapped fiancé. She boards a plane for the Latin American city of Ladera, as per instructions, and is met by Mike Chambers. Caroline first believes that Mike is one of the kidnappers, until a mysterious man in a trench-coat tries to kill her, and Mike comes to the rescue. They are then both captured by a band of Mexican bandits, who also may or may not be part of the scheme.

Love Among Thieves

1987

My Body, My Child poster
9.0

A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.

My Body, My Child

1982

Forced March poster
6.6

Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was found with his body, buried in one of Hungary’s mass graves. Kline is also the son of a Holocaust survivor and has long resented his father’s refusal to speak about the War. Now given the opportunity to play the role of a hero, but faced with the reality of a victim, the boundaries between truth and illusion begin to blur.

Forced March

1989

A Fight for Jenny poster
6.3

Kelsey finds herself fighting a legal battle with her ex-husband Ben when he sues for full custody of their daughter believing that she's no longer living in a suitable environment because her new husband David is African-American. Based on a true story.

A Fight for Jenny

1986

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo poster
7.2

Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo

1992

Eleanor, First Lady of the World poster
7.0

Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

1982

My Old Man poster
5.3

An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16-year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship. When Frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone.

My Old Man

1979

Emergency Room poster
9.0

An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor.

Emergency Room

1983