Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Perry Mason (1957) as Barfly (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Man in Park
- Get Smart (1965) as Tourist (uncredited)
- Cheyenne (1955) as Barfly (uncredited)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Motor Patrol (1950) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Rio Bravo (1959) as Barfly (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
- The Quiet Man (1952) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) as First Trainer
- Warlock (1959) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Guys and Dolls (1955) as Gangster (uncredited)
- Cat Ballou (1965) as Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)
- Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) as Inmate (uncredited)
- Funny Girl (1968) as Vendor (uncredited)
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) as Townsman (uncredited)
- Marked Woman (1937) as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
- Sweet Charity (1969) as Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) as Barker (uncredited)
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) as Townsman (uncredited)