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.
Acted in 104
1980s
- 1987
1970s
- 1977
Mule Feathers
Card Player
- 1975
Timber Tramps
(as Kid Chissell)
- 1973
- 1970
Bigfoot
Hardrock
1960s
- 1969
Sweet Charity
Onlooker at Park (uncredited)
- 1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Stagehand (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1967
The Last Challenge
Barfly (uncredited)
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Show Spectator (Uncredited)
- 1966
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out
Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Man from Galveston
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1961
Teenage Millionaire
Boxer in Gym (uncredited)
- 1960
Seven Ways from Sundown
Movie
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Roustabout
1950s
- 1959
Beloved Infidel
Baggage Man (uncredited)
- 1958
The Last Hurrah
Political Rally Marcher (uncredited)
Man from God's Country
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1957
The Young Stranger
Detective (uncredited)
- 1956
Pardners
Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1955
The Square Jungle
Movie
- 1954
Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
Henchman Montana
- 1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
Raider (uncredited)
- 1952
Glory Alley
Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
- 1951
Raton Pass
Cowhand (uncredited)
- 1950
Short Grass
Townsman (uncredited)
Mister 880
Observer on a Sidewalk (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Ringside
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Sorrowful Jones
Bookie (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
Henchman
The Accused
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
- 1948
Whispering Smith
Movie
The Street with No Name
Prisoner (Uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
Worshiper
- 1947
The Last Round-up
Movie
A Likely Story
Gym Attendant (uncredited)
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
The Mummy's Ghost
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1943
Edge of Darkness
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1942
The Payoff
Hood (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
Townsman (uncredited)
- 1941
Go West, Young Lady
Townsman
- 1940
The Leather Pushers
Movie
Dark Command
Guerrilla
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
The Kid from Kokomo
Boxer
Ex-Champ
Olsen, Welterweight Champ
- 1937
Alcatraz Island
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Youth on Parole
Convict (uncredited)
- 1936
To Mary - with Love
Game Spectator
Flash Gordon
Guard
