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Noble 'Kid' Chissell
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)…
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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.
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1987
Twisted Nightmare
Movie Sheriff
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1977
Mule Feathers
Movie Card Player
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1975
Timber Tramps
Movie (as Kid Chissell)
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1973
The Clones
Movie Laboratory Guard
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1970
Bigfoot
Movie Hardrock
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1970
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
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1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie First Trainer
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1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1969
Sweet Charity
Movie Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
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1968
Funny Girl
Movie Vendor (uncredited)
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1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie Stagehand (uncredited)
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1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie Gambler
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1967
Valley of the Dolls
Movie Pedestrian (uncredited)
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1967
Luv
Movie Bar Patron (uncredited)
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1967
The Last Challenge
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
More credits
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1967
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Movie Show Spectator (Uncredited)
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1967
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
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1966
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
Movie Prison Guard (uncredited)
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1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie Minor Role (uncredited)
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1966
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie Bar Patron (uncredited)
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1965
Get Smart
TV show Tourist (uncredited)
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1965
Cat Ballou
Movie Deputy at Hanging (uncredited)
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1964
The Best Man
Movie Man at Pool (uncredited)
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1963
The Man from Galveston
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1963
Twilight of Honor
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
Movie Inmate (uncredited)
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1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1962
13 West Street
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
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1961
Pocketful of Miracles
Movie Reception Guest (uncredited)
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1961
Teenage Millionaire
Movie Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
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1960
Seven Ways from Sundown
Movie
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1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Movie Roustabout
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1959
Beloved Infidel
Movie Baggage Man (uncredited)
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Man in Park
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1959
Warlock
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
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1959
Some Like It Hot
Movie Police Officer (uncredited)
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1959
Rio Bravo
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
