Arthur Lee Kinsolving Jr. (August 30, 1938 â€" December 4, 1974),
known professionally as Lee Kinsolving, 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. He lost the award to actor Sal Mineo.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. 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".In 1969,
Kinsolving married model Lillian B. Crawford. They were divorced in
April 1972.
known professionally as Lee Kinsolving, 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. He lost the award to actor Sal Mineo.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. 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".In 1969,
Kinsolving married model Lillian B. Crawford. They were divorced in
April 1972.
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