Noble Willingham
Acting • Born 1931-08-31 – Died 2004-01-17
Biography
Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. (August 31, 1931 – January 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than thirty films and in many television shows. He was best known for his role as C.D. Parker on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. His many other TV credits include guest appearances on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, Mary Tyler Moore, The Rockford Files, Alice, Dallas, CHiPs, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, L.A. Law, Home Improvement, and Murder, She Wrote. He also co-starred with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in a 1991 episode of Quantum Leap.
Filmography
105 credits
City Slickers
Movie • 1991
Clay Stone
Good Morning, Vietnam
Movie • 1987
Gen. Taylor
Chinatown
Movie • 1974
Councilman
The Howling
Movie • 1981
Charlie Barton
Article 99
Movie • 1992
Inspector General
Badge of the Assassin
Movie • 1985
Airport Guard
The Last Picture Show
Movie • 1971
Chester
Up Close & Personal
Movie • 1996
Buford Sells
The Last Boy Scout
Movie • 1991
Sheldon Marcone
The Boys in Company C
Movie • 1978
Sergeant Curry
Fire in the Sky
Movie • 1993
Blake Davies
The Georgia Peaches
Movie • 1980
Jarvis Wheeler
Coward of the County
Movie • 1981
Car-Wash
Big Bad Mama
Movie • 1974
Uncle Barney
Career Opportunities
Movie • 1991
Roger Roy McClellan
Blind Fury
Movie • 1989
MacCready
Shooter
Movie • 1988
Rizzo
The Girls of Huntington House
Movie • 1973
Harry, Sara's Father
Summer Heat
Movie • 1987
Strother
Where Have All the People Gone
Movie • 1974
Jim Clancy
Black Bart
Movie • 1975
Fern Malaga
Men Don't Tell
Movie • 1993
Riley
Norma Rae
Movie • 1979
Leroy Mason
First Monday in October
Movie • 1981
Nebraska Attorney
Independence Day
Movie • 1983
Andy Parker
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Movie • 1983
Dr. Graham
The Gambler
Movie • 1980
Conductor
The Road Raiders
Movie • 1989
Crankcase
Woman With a Past
Movie • 1992
Chairman
The Children Nobody Wanted
Movie • 1981
McNaulty
The Corndog Man
Movie • 1999
Ace Barker
Of Mice and Men
Movie • 1992
The Boss
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
Movie • 1975
Principal
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Movie • 1994
Clay Stone
My Sweet Charlie
Movie • 1970
Grady
Splash, Too
Movie • 1988
Karl Hooten
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie • 1994
Zebulon Cardozo
Longarm
Movie • 1988
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie • 1982
Lander Hughes
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Movie • 1979
Pop Bauer
Guarding Tess
Movie • 1994
Sheriff Janson (uncredited)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Movie • 1994
Riddle
Paper Moon
Movie • 1973
Mr. Robertson
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
Movie • 1994
C.D. Parker
Born in East L.A.
Movie • 1987
Border Patrol Sergeant
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Movie • 1990
Aloha Bobby and Rose
Movie • 1975
Uncle Charlie
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Movie • 1988
Ted Simonsen
A Stoning in Fulham County
Movie • 1988
Judge Manning
Pastime
Movie • 1990
Clyde Bigby
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Movie • 1978
Judge
Evel Knievel
Movie • 1974
Jack Decataur
La Bamba
Movie • 1987
Howard
Unconquered
Movie • 1989
Bear Bryant
Sunshine
Movie • 1973
Bartender
Cindy
Movie • 1978
Sergeant
Blind Horizon
Movie • 2003
Deputy Shirl Cash
Fighting Mad
Movie • 1976
Senator Hingle
Just Me and You
Movie • 1978
Gas Station Owner
Greased Lightning
Movie • 1977
Billy Joe Byrnes
The Heist
Movie • 1989
Stuckey
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Movie • 1979
Captain Prewitt
The Distinguished Gentleman
Movie • 1992
Zeke Bridges
Brubaker
Movie • 1980
Dr. Fenster
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Movie • 1987
Dr. Pollard
Harry's War
Movie • 1981
Major Andrews
Hit!
Movie • 1973
Warden Springer
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Movie • 1979
1st Doctor
Sweet Poison
Movie • 1991
Sheriff
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Movie • 1976
Mr. Dunster
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Alice
TV • 1976
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Jake
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Texas
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Robert Kenyon
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Pete Stockton
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Mr. Binford
Matlock
TV • 1986
Rev. Morley Phelps
Cutter to Houston
TV • 1983
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mr. Petermeyer
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Hawkins
TV • 1973
Carl Jackson
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
C.D. Parker
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Gene
Man from Atlantis
TV • 1977
Artemus Washburn
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Tuck
Dallas
TV • 1978
Senator Pascomb
Cannon
TV • 1971
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Mr. Sunshine
TV • 1986
Ann Jillian
TV • 1989
When the Whistle Blows
TV • 1980
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Hal
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV • 1985
Jerry Armstrong
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Chester Hansen
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
B.J.
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Claude Orzeck
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Zack
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV • 1987
Tesch
The Critical List
TV • 1978
Charlie
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Sheriff Pat McAllister
Capital News
TV • 1990
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Gordon