Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell (82)

1905-02-16 - 1987-11-08 | 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.

On Movies

  • Twisted Nightmare
  • Mule Feathers
  • Timber Tramps
  • The Clones
  • Bigfoot
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
  • Sweet Charity
  • Funny Girl
  • The Legend of Lylah Clare
  • The Shakiest Gun in the West
  • Blackbeard's Ghost
  • Valley of the Dolls
  • The Last Challenge
  • Luv
  • Return of the Gunfighter
  • A Big Hand for the Little Lady
  • The Cincinnati Kid
  • Cat Ballou
  • The Best Man
  • The Man from Galveston
  • Twilight of Honor
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Birdman of Alcatraz
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • 13 West Street
  • Pocketful of Miracles
  • Teenage Millionaire
  • Seven Ways from Sundown
  • Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
  • Beloved Infidel
  • Warlock
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Rio Bravo
  • The Last Hurrah
  • I Want to Live!
  • Man from God's Country
  • The Spirit of St. Louis
  • The Young Stranger
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Pardners
  • The Proud Ones
  • The Square Jungle
  • Guys and Dolls
  • The Silver Chalice
  • Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
  • The Quiet Man
  • Glory Alley
  • Raton Pass
  • Gasoline Alley
  • Short Grass
  • Mister 880
  • Mystery Street
  • Motor Patrol
  • The Baron of Arizona
  • The Outriders
  • Pinky
  • Ringside
  • Sorrowful Jones
  • Grand Canyon
  • The Set-Up
  • The Accused
  • Whispering Smith
  • Station West
  • The Street with No Name
  • The Miracle of the Bells
  • Albuquerque
  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
  • A Likely Story
  • Pursued
  • Song of Arizona
  • The Mummy's Ghost
  • Edge of Darkness
  • The Payoff
  • The Mummy's Tomb
  • Go West, Young Lady
  • Lady from Louisiana
  • The Leather Pushers
  • Dark Command
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  • The Kid from Kokomo
  • Ex-Champ
  • You Can't Get Away with Murder
  • Alcatraz Island
  • Youth on Parole
  • Marked Woman
  • Black Legion
  • To Mary - with Love

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