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Noble 'Kid' Chissell
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.
As actor
Twisted Nightmare
Mule Feathers
Timber Tramps
The Clones
Bigfoot
The Cheyenne Social Club
Sweet Charity
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Funny Girl
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Valley of the Dolls
Luv
The Last Challenge
Return of the Gunfighter
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
The Cincinnati Kid
Cat Ballou
The Best Man
The Man from Galveston
Twilight of Honor
13 West Street
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
To Kill a Mockingbird