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
- Sweet Charity as Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as First Trainer
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Townsman (uncredited)
1968
- Blackbeard's Ghost as Gambler
- Funny Girl as Vendor (uncredited)
- The Shakiest Gun in the West as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Legend of Lylah Clare as Stagehand (uncredited)
1967
- Valley of the Dolls as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Return of the Gunfighter as Barfly (uncredited)
- The Last Challenge as Barfly (uncredited)
- Luv as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1966
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Townsman (uncredited)
1965
- Cat Ballou as Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)
- The Cincinnati Kid as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1964
- The Best Man as Man at Pool (uncredited)
1963
- The Man from Galveston as Townsman (uncredited)
- Twilight of Honor as Courtroom Spectator (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
- Teenage Millionaire as Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
- Pocketful of Miracles as Reception Guest (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)
- Beloved Infidel as Baggage Man (uncredited)
- Warlock as Townsman (uncredited)
1958
- The Last Hurrah as Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
- Man from God's Country as Townsman (uncredited)
- I Want to Live! as Guard (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
- Pardners as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
- Friendly Persuasion as Barker (uncredited)
- The Proud Ones as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
- Guys and Dolls as Gangster (uncredited)
- The Square Jungle
1954
- Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Silver Chalice as Citizen (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
- Mister 880 as Observer on a Sidewalk (uncredited)
- The Outriders as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Mystery Street as Diner Patron (uncredited)
- The Baron of Arizona as Townsman (uncredited)
- Motor Patrol as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Short Grass as Townsman (uncredited)
1949
- Pinky as Man (uncredited)
- The Accused as Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
- Ringside as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Grand Canyon as Henchman
- The Set-Up as Handler (uncredited)
- Sorrowful Jones as Bookie (uncredited)
1948
- Albuquerque as Wayne's Man (uncredited)
- Whispering Smith
- The Street with No Name as Prisoner (Uncredited)
- The Miracle of the Bells as Worshiper
- Station West as Townsman (uncredited)
1947
- Pursued as Townsman (uncredited)
- A Likely Story as Gym Attendant (uncredited)
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Audience Member (uncredited)
1946
- Song of Arizona as Henchman Jim (as Kid Chissell)
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
- Alcatraz Island as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Marked Woman as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
- Youth on Parole as Convict (uncredited)
- Black Legion as Legion Member (uncredited)
1936
- Flash Gordon as Guard
- To Mary - with Love as Game Spectator