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