Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Acting
1905-02-16 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Noble "Kid" Chissell (February 16, 1905 – November 8, 1987) was a boxing champion, actor, and dance marathon champion. Chissell, former U.S. Navy Middleweight Boxing Champ (1932), received an award in 1982 for having over 1,000 screen credits. As a prizefighter he once fought "Packy East", later known as Bob Hope. Even earlier he won the 1928 World Marathon Dance Champion contest. He first gained international prominence as the villainous sulky driver, "Flea-Flit Dryer", in the film Home in Indiana, opposite Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Lon McAllister, June Haver, and Jeanne Crain. Numerous other motion pictures include his portrayal of a middle-weight champ in Ex-Champ, prison guard with Susan Hayward in I Want to Live!, a gambler in Guys and Dolls, police officer Noble in The Big Chase, and deputy sheriff with Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou. In the first and sixth episodes of Disney's World of Color series, Gallegher, Chissell played the Irish fight referee and jailer opposite Edmond O'Brien. He was croupier at the roulette game in "Tiger by the Tail", one of the Gunsmoke episodes. Life of Riley, Dragnet, and Playhouse 90 and People's Court were other series Chissell worked in.
Filmography
Twisted Nightmare
1987 · Movie
Mule Feathers
1977 · Movie
Timber Tramps
1975 · Movie
The Clones
1973 · Movie
Bigfoot
1970 · Movie
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · Movie
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Movie
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · Movie
Sweet Charity
1969 · Movie
Funny Girl
1968 · Movie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Movie
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie
Luv
1967 · Movie
The Last Challenge
1967 · Movie
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967 · Movie
Return of the Gunfighter
1967 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
1966 · Movie
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 · Movie
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966 · Movie
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Movie
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Cat Ballou
1965 · Movie
The Best Man
1964 · Movie
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Movie
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Movie
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Movie
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie
13 West Street
1962 · Movie
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Movie
Teenage Millionaire
1961 · Movie
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960 · Movie
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 · Movie
Beloved Infidel
1959 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Warlock
1959 · Movie
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Movie
Rio Bravo
1959 · Movie
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Movie
I Want to Live!
1958 · Movie
Man from God's Country
1958 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Movie
The Young Stranger
1957 · Movie
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
Pardners
1956 · Movie
The Killing
1956 · Movie
The Proud Ones
1956 · Movie
The Square Jungle
1955 · Movie
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Movie
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Movie
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Movie
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954 · Movie
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Movie
The Quiet Man
1952 · Movie
Glory Alley
1952 · Movie
Raton Pass
1951 · Movie
Gasoline Alley
1951 · Movie
Short Grass
1950 · Movie
Mister 880
1950 · Movie
Mystery Street
1950 · Movie
Motor Patrol
1950 · Movie
The Baron of Arizona
1950 · Movie
The Outriders
1950 · Movie
Pinky
1949 · Movie
Ringside
1949 · Movie
Sorrowful Jones
1949 · Movie
Grand Canyon
1949 · Movie
The Set-Up
1949 · Movie
The Accused
1949 · Movie
Whispering Smith
1948 · Movie
Station West
1948 · Movie
The Street with No Name
1948 · Movie
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Movie
Albuquerque
1948 · Movie
The Last Round-up
1947 · Movie
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947 · Movie
A Likely Story
1947 · Movie
Pursued
1947 · Movie
Song of Arizona
1946 · Movie
Dillinger
1945 · Movie
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Movie
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Movie
The Payoff
1942 · Movie
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Movie
Go West, Young Lady
1941 · Movie
Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Movie
The Leather Pushers
1940 · Movie
Dark Command
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 · Movie
Ex-Champ
1939 · Movie
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · Movie
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Movie
Youth on Parole
1937 · Movie
Marked Woman
1937 · Movie
Black Legion
1937 · Movie
To Mary - with Love
1936 · Movie
Flash Gordon
1936 · Movie