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James Noble‌

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Birthday

calendar1922-03-05

Popularity

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James Noble

Dallas, Texas, USA

James Noble

Dallas, Texas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-03-05

Popularity

star3.3

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).

Movie Credits

Breaking Up

Breaking Up‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Dempsey

Dempsey‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

10

10‌
star5.7
calendar 1979

The Day My Kid Went Punk

The Day My Kid Went Punk‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Summer of My German Soldier

Summer of My German Soldier‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

The Sporting Club

The Sporting Club‌
star3.5
calendar 1971

Dragonfly

Dragonfly‌
star10.0
calendar 1976

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

Paramedics

Paramedics‌
star2.7
calendar 1988

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Being There

Being There‌
star7.6
calendar 1979

This Is Kate Bennett...

This Is Kate Bennett...‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places‌
star2.0
calendar 1989

You Talkin' To Me?

You Talkin' To Me?‌
star2.7
calendar 1987

Baby Comes Home

Baby Comes Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Bang

Bang‌
star5.0
calendar 1995

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II‌
star8.0
calendar 1985

Who?

Who?‌
star4.9
calendar 1974

1776

1776‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks‌
star5.5
calendar 1986

Cinderella

Cinderella‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again‌
star7.2
calendar 1990

Promises in the Dark

Promises in the Dark‌
star5.6
calendar 1979

A Tiger's Tale

A Tiger's Tale‌
star4.7
calendar 1988

Fake

Fake‌
star5.2
calendar 2011

Chances Are

Chances Are‌
star6.6
calendar 1989

Deadly Deception

Deadly Deception‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Death Play

Death Play‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle‌
star10.0
calendar 1983

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam‌
star6.6
calendar 1987

Born Kicking

Born Kicking‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel‌
star6.1
calendar 1982

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me‌
star3.5
calendar 1971

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers‌
star6.6
calendar 1986

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Benson

Benson‌
star7.2
calendar 1979

The Bill

The Bill‌
star6.6
calendar 1984

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

Beech is Back

Beech is Back‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

McCloud

McCloud‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

The Defenders

The Defenders‌
star6.2
calendar 1961

A World Apart

A World Apart‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

First Impressions

First Impressions‌
star5.0
calendar 1988

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

The Andros Targets

The Andros Targets‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Harry

Harry‌
star1.0
calendar 1993

Peak Practice

Peak Practice‌
star5.5
calendar 1993

Father Dowling Mysteries

Father Dowling Mysteries‌
star7.1
calendar 1989

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre‌
star8.4
calendar 1982