Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Date of Birth:

Feb 16, 1905

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.

filmography:

Luv Luv

1967

Mister 880 Mister 880

1950

Pinky Pinky

1949

Funny Girl Funny Girl

1968

The Payoff The Payoff

1942

Raton Pass Raton Pass

1951

Cat Ballou Cat Ballou

1965

Pardners Pardners

1956

Bigfoot Bigfoot

1970

The Set-Up The Set-Up

1949

Ringside Ringside

1949

The Clones The Clones

1973

Rio Bravo Rio Bravo

1959

Warlock Warlock

1959

Ex-Champ Ex-Champ

1939

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