Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Born: 1905-02-16 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died: 1987-11-08
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1987
- Twisted Nightmare as Sheriff
1977
- Mule Feathers as Card Player
1975
- Timber Tramps as (as Kid Chissell)
1973
- The Clones as Laboratory Guard
1970
- Bigfoot as Hardrock
1969
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as First Trainer
- Sweet Charity as Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Townsman (uncredited)
1968
- Funny Girl as Vendor (uncredited)
- Blackbeard's Ghost as Gambler
- The Legend of Lylah Clare as Stagehand (uncredited)
- The Shakiest Gun in the West as Townsman (uncredited)
1967
- Luv as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Return of the Gunfighter as Barfly (uncredited)
- Valley of the Dolls as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- The Last Challenge as Barfly (uncredited)
1966
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Townsman (uncredited)
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1965
- Get Smart as Tourist (uncredited)
- Cat Ballou as Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)
- The Cincinnati Kid as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1964
- The Best Man as Man at Pool (uncredited)
1963
- Twilight of Honor as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- The Man from Galveston as Townsman (uncredited)
1962
- To Kill a Mockingbird as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Townsman (uncredited)
- Birdman of Alcatraz as Inmate (uncredited)
- 13 West Street as Barfly (uncredited)
1961
- Pocketful of Miracles as Reception Guest (uncredited)
- Teenage Millionaire as Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
1960
- Seven Ways from Sundown
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus as Roustabout
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Man in Park
- Some Like It Hot as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Rio Bravo as Barfly (uncredited)
- Warlock as Townsman (uncredited)
- Beloved Infidel as Baggage Man (uncredited)
1958
- I Want to Live! as Guard (uncredited)
- The Last Hurrah as Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
- Man from God's Country as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
- Perry Mason as Barfly (uncredited)
- The Spirit of St. Louis as Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
- The Young Stranger as Detective (uncredited)
1956
- Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion as Barker (uncredited)
- Pardners as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
- The Proud Ones as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
- Cheyenne as Barfly (uncredited)
- Guys and Dolls as Gangster (uncredited)
- The Square Jungle
1954
- The Silver Chalice as Citizen (uncredited)
- Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited)
- Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush as Henchman Montana
1952
- The Quiet Man as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Glory Alley as Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
1951
- Gasoline Alley as Workman (uncredited)
- Raton Pass as Cowhand (uncredited)
1950
- Mystery Street as Diner Patron (uncredited)
- The Outriders as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Mister 880 as Observer on a Sidewalk (uncredited)
- Motor Patrol as Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Baron of Arizona as Townsman (uncredited)
- Short Grass as Townsman (uncredited)
1949
- The Accused as Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
- Sorrowful Jones as Bookie (uncredited)
- Grand Canyon as Henchman
- The Set-Up as Handler (uncredited)
- Pinky as Man (uncredited)
- Ringside as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1948
- Station West as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Street with No Name as Prisoner (Uncredited)
- Whispering Smith
- The Miracle of the Bells as Worshiper
- Albuquerque as Wayne's Man (uncredited)
1947
- Pursued as Townsman (uncredited)
- A Likely Story as Gym Attendant (uncredited)
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Last Round-up
1946
- Song of Arizona as Henchman Jim (as Kid Chissell)
1945
- Dillinger as Watchman (uncredited)
1944
- The Mummy's Ghost as Townsman (uncredited)
1943
- Edge of Darkness as Townsman (uncredited)
1942
- The Mummy's Tomb as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Payoff as Hood (uncredited)
1941
- Lady from Louisiana as Lottery Thug (uncredited)
- Go West, Young Lady as Townsman
1940
- Dark Command as Guerrilla
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Leather Pushers
1939
- Ex-Champ as Olsen, Welterweight Champ
- The Kid from Kokomo as Boxer
- You Can't Get Away with Murder as Convict (uncredited)
1937
- Marked Woman as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
- Youth on Parole as Convict (uncredited)
- Alcatraz Island as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Black Legion as Legion Member (uncredited)
1936
- Flash Gordon as Guard
- To Mary - with Love as Game Spectator