His three acting appearances on film were an uncredited role as a jazz musician (with his Firehouse Five Plus Two) in "Hit Parade of 1951," an IRS Chief in Mike Jittlov's "The Wizard of Speed and Time", and voicing and giving his likeness to half of the vaudeville duo "Ward and Fred" in the Mickey Mouse short "The Nifty Nineties" (with fellow Disney animator Fred Moore). Kimball served as host of the "Man in Space" and "Man and the Moon" episodes of "Disneyland" in 1955 and 1956 respectively. He hosted the second season of the 1992 PBS series "Tracks Ahead". That season has since been repackaged to feature current host Spencer Christian.