James Noble
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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
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
as Father O'Flanagan
Being There (1979)
as Kaufman
Chances Are (1989)
as Dr. Bailey
10 (1979)
as Dr. Miles
Fake (2011)
as Mr. Rousseau
1776 (1972)
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Cinderella (1985)
as King Rupert III
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
as Leonard Weeks
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
as Mr. Hyrum Lodge
Paramedics (1988)
as Chief Wilkins
The Sporting Club (1971)
as Canon Pritchard
Promises in the Dark (1979)
as Dr. Blankenship
Hart to Hart (1979)
as Dr. Metz
You Talkin' to Me? (1987)
as Peter Archer
When the Bough Breaks (1986)
as Dr. Warren Towle
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places (1989)
as Dr. Gilmore Blount
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
as Pierce
A Tiger's Tale (1988)
as Sinclair
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
as Father Pettis
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)
as Dr. Edwards
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
as Board Member
Dempsey (1983)
as Gavin McNab
Deadly Deception (1987)
as Ed Shoat
This Is Kate Bennett... (1982)
as Tom Fairmont
Who? (1974)
as General Deptford
Death Play (1976)
as Norman
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978)
as Ed
The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987)
as Max Smiley
Breaking Up (1978)
as Haberle
Bang (1995)
as Rooftop Dealer
Baby Comes Home (1980)
as Dr. Elliott Olsen
Dragonfly (1976)
as Dr. Lee
Born Kicking (1992)
as Hudson
They Bite (1996)
as Scientist #1