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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 5, 1922
Died
March 28, 2016
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
James Noble
0.4 Popularity
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).
Known For
Credits
Fake
as Mr. Rousseau
2011
5.8
🎬
Beech is Back
2001
0.0
They Bite
as Scientist #1
1996
3.5
Bang
as Rooftop Dealer
1995
5.0
🎬
Harry
as Chapel
1993
3.5
Peak Practice
as Mr. Naughton
1993
6.1
Born Kicking
as Hudson
1992
0.0
Law & Order
as Judge Nelson Kurland
1990
7.4
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
as Mr. Hyrum Lodge
1990
7.2
Chances Are
as Dr. Bailey
1989
6.6
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
as Dr. Gilmore Blount
1989
2.0
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Judge Karnes
1989
7.3
🎬
First Impressions
1988
5.0
Paramedics
as Chief Wilkins
1988
2.3
A Tiger's Tale
as Sinclair
1988
4.4
The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Max Smiley
1987
5.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
as Leonard Weeks
1987
6.8
You Talkin' To Me?
as Peter Archer
1987
2.7
Deadly Deception
as Ed Shoat
1987
6.5
When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Warren Towle
1986
5.5
Perfect Strangers
1986
6.7
Cinderella
as King Rupert III
1985
7.1
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as King Rupert III
1985
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Murder, She Wrote
as Paul Carlisle
1984
7.5
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.3
Dempsey
as Gavin McNab
1983
6.0
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Dr. Edwards
1983
10.0
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Father O'Flanagan
1982
6.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Rupert III
1982
8.1
This Is Kate Bennett...
as Tom Fairmont
1982
0.0
Baby Comes Home
as Dr. Elliott Olsen
1980
0.0
Being There
as Kaufman
1979
7.6
Promises in the Dark
as Dr. Blankenship
1979
5.6
10
as Dr. Miles
1979
5.7
Benson
as Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling
1979
7.1
Hart to Hart
as Dr. Metz
1979
0.0
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Ed
1978
5.0
Summer of My German Soldier
as Pierce
1978
6.3
Breaking Up
as Haberle
1978
0.0
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Martin Corell
1977
6.3
The Andros Targets
as Tierney
1977
5.0
🎬
Death Play
1976
0.0
Dragonfly
as Dr. Lee
1976
10.0
The Adams Chronicles
as Jonathan Sewall
1976
7.2
Starsky & Hutch
as Treasury Agent Kendall
1975
7.2
Who?
as General Deptford
1974
4.9
1776
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
1972
6.8
ABC Afterschool Special
as Max Smiley
1972
6.4
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Father Pettis
1971
3.5
The Sporting Club
as Canon Pritchard
1971
3.9
🎬
A World Apart
1970
0.0
McCloud
1970
7.1
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Board Member
1968
6.6
The Defenders
as Ron Mayberry
1961
6.2