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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Feb 16, 1905 - Nov 08, 1987 (82 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Twilight Zone
Man in Park
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Perry Mason
Barfly (uncredited)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Townsman (uncredited)
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Some Like It Hot
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Rio Bravo
Barfly (uncredited)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Saloon Patron (uncredited)
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Friendly Persuasion
Barker (uncredited)
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Inmate (uncredited)
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Cat Ballou
Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)

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