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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).
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-03-05
- event Death Date 2016-03-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.7
- info Birth Place Dallas, Texas, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by James Noble
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Breaking Up
1978-01-02
6
Dempsey
1983-09-28
5.7
10
1979-10-05
5
The Day My Kid Went Punk
1987-10-23
6.3
Summer of My German Soldier
1978-10-30
3.9
The Sporting Club
1971-02-28
10
Dragonfly
1976-03-01
6.7
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
2.7
Paramedics
1988-06-01
5
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978-12-13
7.6
Being There
1979-12-19
0
This Is Kate Bennett...
1982-05-28
2
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1989-02-26
2.7
You Talkin' To Me?
1987-09-25
0
Baby Comes Home
1980-10-16
5
Bang
1995-09-09
8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
4.9
Who?
1974-04-18
6.9
1776
1972-11-09
5.5
When the Bough Breaks
1986-10-12
7.1
Cinderella
1985-08-14
7.2
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990-05-06
5.6
Promises in the Dark
1979-11-02
4.7
A Tiger's Tale
1988-02-12
6.6
Chances Are
1989-03-10
5.2
Fake
2011-05-09
6.5
Deadly Deception
1987-03-08
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Death Play
1976-09-01
10
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983-02-09
6.6
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
1987-10-04
0
Born Kicking
1992-09-20
6.1
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982-12-10
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Hart to Hart
1979-08-25
3.5
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971-09-15
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.4
Law & Order
1990-09-13
7.2
Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10
6.6
Perfect Strangers
1986-03-25
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
7.3
Benson
1979-09-13
6.6
The Bill
1984-10-16
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983-10-03
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Beech is Back
2001-08-21
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
6.2
The Defenders
1961-09-16
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A World Apart
1970-03-30
5
First Impressions
1988-08-27
6.3
ABC Afterschool Special
1972-10-04
5
The Andros Targets
1977-01-31
1
Harry
1993-09-18
5.5
Peak Practice
1993-05-10
7.2
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989-01-20
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
8.5
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11
7.2
The Adams Chronicles
1976-01-20