Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1905
Died: November 8, 1987
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
100 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
4.6
Twisted Nightmare
1987
4.5
Mule Feathers
1977
9.0
Timber Tramps
1975
4.6
The Clones
1973
3.3
Bigfoot
1970
6.3
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
5.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
6.9
Sweet Charity
1969
7.2
Funny Girl
1968
6.0
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
6.2
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
1967
4.8
Luv
1967
6.3
The Last Challenge
1967
4.9
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967
6.1
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
NR
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
1966
5.9
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
7.1
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
8.0
Get Smart
1965
6.4
Cat Ballou
1965
7.3
The Best Man
1964
5.6
The Man from Galveston
1963
6.5
Twilight of Honor
1963
8.0
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
6.1
13 West Street
1962
7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
5.7
Teenage Millionaire
1961
5.9
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
6.4
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
6.0
Beloved Infidel
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.8
Warlock
1959
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
7.8
Rio Bravo
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
7.0
I Want to Live!
1958
5.0
Man from God's Country
1958
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
5.9
The Young Stranger
1957
6.6
Friendly Persuasion
1956
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.7
Pardners
1956
7.6
The Killing
1956
6.5
The Proud Ones
1956
6.1
The Square Jungle
1955
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
7.0
The Seven Year Itch
1955
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
6.0
Riding Shotgun
1954
7.0
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
1954
6.6
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
5.9
Glory Alley
1952
4.9
Raton Pass
1951
5.8
Gasoline Alley
1951
6.0
Short Grass
1950
7.2
Mister 880
1950
6.8
Mystery Street
1950
7.0
Motor Patrol
1950
6.7
The Baron of Arizona
1950
7.2
The Outriders
1950
7.1
Pinky
1949
5.0
Ringside
1949
6.6
Sorrowful Jones
1949
10.0
Grand Canyon
1949
7.4
The Set-Up
1949
6.1
The Accused
1949
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948
6.4
Station West
1948
6.4
The Street with No Name
1948
6.2
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
6.8
Albuquerque
1948
7.3
The Last Round-up
1947
7.5
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
4.8
A Likely Story
1947
6.5
Pursued
1947
4.6
Song of Arizona
1946
5.9
Dillinger
1945
5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
6.3
Edge of Darkness
1943
5.9
The Payoff
1942
5.5
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
7.1
Go West, Young Lady
1941
5.4
Lady from Louisiana
1941
8.0
The Leather Pushers
1940
6.4
Dark Command
1940
6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.5
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
7.3
Ex-Champ
1939
5.8
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
5.1
Alcatraz Island
1937
3.9
Youth on Parole
1937
6.6
Marked Woman
1937
6.6
Black Legion
1937
5.7
To Mary - with Love
1936
6.4
Flash Gordon
1936