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James Noble

James Noble

Acting March 5, 1922 (94 years old) March 28, 2016 Dallas, Texas, USA

Biography

The son of a Dallas wholesale coal dealer, Noble spent much of his youth attending pool halls and movie houses. He retained his expertise with a pool cue throughout his life, while his stronger interest in acting (fueled by movies) manifested itself in local stage productions and drama studies at Southern Methodist University. Following Navy service in World War II, Noble went to New York to study at the Actors Studio, then went on to a stage revival of Pygmalion wherein he met his future wife, actress Carolyn Coates. The actor appeared on such TV soap operas as As the World Turns (1956), A World Apart (1970) and such Broadway productions as "1776" (a role he took to the movie 1776 (1972)), spending much of his spare time in psychotherapy to handle his ongoing feelings of self-doubt. In films from the mid '70s, Noble principally played small roles as authority figures and politicians (Being There (1979), The Nude Bomb (1980)), with occasional larger roles. such as Bo Derek's father in 10 (1979). In 1979, Noble was cast as the genially absent-minded "Governor Gene Gatling" on the sitcom, Benson (1979), a role in which he remained until the series' 1986 cancellation. Two years later, he resurfaced on TV in the role of a Nebraska-based recording engineer on the very short-lived sitcom, First Impressions (1988).

Movies 36

Airplane II: The Sequel 6.1

Airplane II: The Sequel

as Father O'Flanagan

1982
10 5.8

10

as Dr. Miles

1979
Chances Are 6.6

Chances Are

as Dr. Bailey

1989
Being There 7.6

Being There

as Kaufman

1979
1776 6.9

1776

as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

1972
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam 6.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

as Leonard Weeks

1987
Night of 100 Stars II 6.8

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

1985
Who? 5.0

Who?

as General Deptford

1974
Paramedics 3.1

Paramedics

as Chief Wilkins

1988
Summer of My German Soldier 5.5

Summer of My German Soldier

as Pierce

1978
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again 7.3

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

as Mr. Hyrum Lodge

1990
Promises in the Dark 5.9

Promises in the Dark

as Dr. Blankenship

1979
Cinderella 6.7

Cinderella

as King Rupert III

1985
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? 6.7

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

as Board Member

1968
The Day My Kid Went Punk 6.2

The Day My Kid Went Punk

as Max Smiley

1987
The Sporting Club 4.2

The Sporting Club

as Canon Pritchard

1971
You Talkin' to Me? 3.8

You Talkin' to Me?

as Peter Archer

1987
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle 9.0

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

as Dr. Edwards

1983
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II 7.5

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

as Ed

1978
A Tiger's Tale 4.5

A Tiger's Tale

as Sinclair

1988
Fake 5.8

Fake

as Mr. Rousseau

2011
Baby Comes Home

Baby Comes Home

as Dr. Elliott Olsen

1980
When the Bough Breaks 6.4

When the Bough Breaks

as Dr. Warren Towle

1986
Hart to Hart 7.5

Hart to Hart

as Dr. Metz

1979
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places 2.0

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

as Dr. Gilmore Blount

1989
This Is Kate Bennett... 7.0

This Is Kate Bennett...

as Tom Fairmont

1982
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 3.5

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

as Father Pettis

1971
Death Play 7.0

Death Play

as Norman

1976
Dragonfly 7.3

Dragonfly

as Dr. Lee

1976
Bang 4.8

Bang

as Rooftop Dealer

1995
Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay

as Artie

2006
Born Kicking 9.0

Born Kicking

as Hudson

1992
They Bite 3.9

They Bite

as Scientist #1

1996
Dempsey 6.2

Dempsey

as Gavin McNab

1983
Breaking Up

Breaking Up

as Haberle

1978
Deadly Deception 7.3

Deadly Deception

as Ed Shoat

1987

TV Shows 21

Law & Order 7.3

Law & Order

as Judge Nelson Kurland

1990
The Bill 6.8

The Bill

1984
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Paul Carlisle

1984
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Dr. Elliot Norton

1977
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Martin Corell

1977
Peak Practice 6.5

Peak Practice

as Mr. Naughton

1993
Starsky & Hutch 7.4

Starsky & Hutch

as Treasury Agent Kendall

1975
ABC Afterschool Special 6.5

ABC Afterschool Special

as Max Smiley

1972
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 6.6

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983
The Defenders 6.3

The Defenders

as Ron Mayberry

1961
Benson 7.0

Benson

as Eugene Gatling

1979
Perfect Strangers 6.7

Perfect Strangers

1986
McCloud 7.2

McCloud

1970
Faerie Tale Theatre 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

as King Rupert III

1982
The Adams Chronicles 7.4

The Adams Chronicles

as Jonathan Sewall

1976
Father Dowling Mysteries 7.2

Father Dowling Mysteries

as Judge Karnes

1989
The Doctors 6.4

The Doctors

as Dr. Bill Winters

1963
A World Apart 10.0

A World Apart

1970
The Andros Targets 7.0

The Andros Targets

as Tierney

1977
Beech is Back

Beech is Back

2001
First Impressions 7.0

First Impressions

as Raymond Voss

1988

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