Lee Kinsolving Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Arthur Lee Kinsolving Jr., known professionally as Lee Kinsolving, (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. He lost the award to actor Sal Mineo.His television credits included a 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone, Black Leather Jackets, in which he guest starred as Scott, an alien who falls in love with a human, Ellen Tillman, portrayed by Shelley Fabares.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. Lee Kinsolving began his acting career on Broadway. He was married to Lillian B. Crawford, a model.Lee Kinsolving died in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 4, 1974, at the age of 36 from a sudden respiratory illness.
Net Worth
$850,000
Date Of Birth
August 30, 1938
Died
1974-12-04
Place Of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Profession
Actor
Nicknames
Lee Kinsolving, Kinsolving, Lee
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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Lee Kinsolving's brother, Augustus B., is an attorney for a prominent law firm in New York City. His other brother, Thomas B., was a managing partner in the Washington firm of Telemark Associates. He died of cancer on December 8, 1995. His sister, Anne K. Talbott, served on the Foxcroft School Board of Trustees in Virginia. She died in Old Lyme, CT on September 24, 2007.
2
Lee Kinsolving graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA and attended Trinity College (Episcopal) in Hartford, CT.
3
After his freshman year at Trinity College Lee played with a theatrical stock company at Mt. Kisco's Westchester Playhouse. According to his mother that is where "he decided acting was his dish." A Broadway scout saw him and liked what he saw and helped him get a part in the play, Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson.
4
After his acting career Lee was director of the Lillian Phipps Art Gallery and managed the Wally Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach, FL. In 1968 he opened a popular New York City night spot, Toad Hall.
5
Kinsolving was a lover of the sea as evidenced by his captaining the DuPont family yacht, skippered an 18 ft. speedboat from Palm Beach, FL to Newport, RI, and captained a tugboat that ran between Norfolk, VA and Florida. For a short time he also had a yacht brokerage firm in Palm Beach, FL.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gunsmoke
1964
TV Series
Jess Bartell / Jay Bartell
Route 66
1964
TV Series
Walter Reston
The Outer Limits
1964
TV Series
Ethan Wechsler
The Twilight Zone
1964
TV Series
Scott
The Eleventh Hour
1964
TV Series
Brad Hamilton
Mr. Novak
1963
TV Series
Paul Christopher
Ben Casey
1963
TV Series
Terry Dunne Jr.
Target: The Corruptors
1961
TV Series
Cornelius Linsky
The Explosive Generation
1961
Dan Carlyle
The Detectives
1961
TV Series
Louis Wayne
Zane Grey Theater
1961
TV Series
Dee Pritcher
Hawaiian Eye
1960
TV Series
Johnny Randolph
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Sammy Golden
All the Young Men
1960
Pvt. Dean
The Rifleman
1959
TV Series
Tim Elder
Have Gun - Will Travel
1959
TV Series
Jamie Murdock
Ah, Wilderness!
1959
TV Movie
Richard Miller
Black Saddle
1959
TV Series
Dick Banks
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Paddy O'Toole
Alcoa Theatre
1959
TV Series
Playhouse 90
1958
TV Series
Richard
Pursuit
1958
TV Series
Albie Taback
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
Jerry Scott
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1961
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Supporting Actor
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Known for movies
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) as Sammy Golden