Noble 'Kid' Chissell
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 (102 titles)
4.6MovieTwisted Nightmare
Sheriff · 1987
4.5MovieMule Feathers
Card Player · 1977
9.0MovieTimber Tramps
(as Kid Chissell) · 1975
4.6MovieThe Clones
Laboratory Guard · 1973
3.3MovieBigfoot
Hardrock · 1970
6.4MovieThe Cheyenne Social Club
Barfly (uncredited) · 1970
7.6MovieThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?
First Trainer · 1969
5.6MovieThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Townsman (uncredited) · 1969
6.9MovieSweet Charity
Onlooker at Park (uncredited) · 1969
7.2MovieFunny Girl
Vendor (uncredited) · 1968
6.0MovieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
Stagehand (uncredited) · 1968
6.2MovieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
Townsman (uncredited) · 1968
6.7MovieBlackbeard's Ghost
Gambler · 1968
6.0MovieValley of the Dolls
Pedestrian (uncredited) · 1967
4.8MovieLuv
Bar Patron (uncredited) · 1967
6.3MovieThe Last Challenge
Barfly (uncredited) · 1967
4.9MovieThe Ride to Hangman's Tree
Show Spectator (Uncredited) · 1967
6.1MovieReturn of the Gunfighter
Barfly (uncredited) · 1967
MovieMission: Impossible - Old Man Out
Prison Guard (uncredited) · 1966
5.9MovieWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Minor Role (uncredited) · 1966
7.1MovieA Big Hand for the Little Lady
Townsman (uncredited) · 1966
7.0MovieThe Cincinnati Kid
Bar Patron (uncredited) · 1965
7.9ShowGet Smart
Tourist (uncredited) · 1965
6.4MovieCat Ballou
Deputy at Hanging (uncredited) · 1965
7.3MovieThe Best Man
Man at Pool (uncredited) · 1964
5.6MovieThe Man from Galveston
Townsman (uncredited) · 1963
6.5MovieTwilight of Honor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) · 1963
8.0MovieTo Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) · 1962
7.5MovieBirdman of Alcatraz
Inmate (uncredited) · 1962
7.8MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Townsman (uncredited) · 1962