Actor
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
February 16, 1905 · 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), 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.
Notable work
8.1Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
8To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
7.6The Killing (1956)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
7.8The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Townsman (uncredited)
7.8Rio Bravo (1959)
as Barfly (uncredited)
8.5The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Man in Park
7The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Train Station Gateman (uncredited)
7.3The Quiet Man (1952)
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
6.7Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
8Get Smart (1965)
as Tourist (uncredited)
7.2Funny Girl (1968)
as Vendor (uncredited)
7.6They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
as First Trainer
Often works with
John Wayne
3 titles together
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Rio Bravo, The Quiet Man
Marilyn Monroe
2 titles together
Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch
George Raft
2 titles together
Some Like It Hot, Around the World in 80 Days
Joe E. Brown
2 titles together
Some Like It Hot, Around the World in 80 Days
George E. Stone
2 titles together
Some Like It Hot, Guys and Dolls
Crahan Denton
2 titles together
To Kill a Mockingbird, Birdman of Alcatraz
Full filmography · 103
Twisted Nightmare
as Sheriff
19874.6
Mule Feathers
as Card Player
1977
Timber Tramps
as (as Kid Chissell)
1975
The Clones
as Laboratory Guard
1973
Bigfoot
as Hardrock
19703.3
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as First Trainer
19697.6
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Townsman (uncredited)
19695.5
Sweet Charity
as Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
19696.9
Funny Girl
as Vendor (uncredited)
19687.2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Stagehand (uncredited)
19686
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Townsman (uncredited)
19686.2
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Gambler
19686.7