
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.
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TV Shows
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97 Credits
Perry Mason
as Barfly (uncredited)
1957

The Twilight Zone
as Man in Park
1959

Get Smart
as Tourist (uncredited)
1965

To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962

Rio Bravo
as Barfly (uncredited)
1959

Some Like It Hot
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1959

Funny Girl
as Vendor (uncredited)
1968

Pinky
as Man (uncredited)
1949

Luv
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1967

Ringside
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1949

Warlock
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Townsman (uncredited)
1962