James Noble
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).
10
as Dr. MilesA Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde...
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A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and...
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Chances Are
as Dr. BaileyLouie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed...
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Being There
as KaufmanA simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an...
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1776
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of...
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Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
as Mr. Hyrum LodgeThe classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly...
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Board MemberA new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities...
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Night of 100 Stars II
as SelfThis special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...
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The Sporting Club
as Canon PritchardThe wealthy members of an exclusive backwoods retreat face an existential threat from both a...
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Dragonfly
as Dr. LeeA man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.
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The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Max SmileyA nerdy teen makes himself over as a punk rocker, embarrassing his conservative parents in the...
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Paramedics
as Chief WilkinsTwo paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to...
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Father PettisFree-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.
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Who?
as General DeptfordAfter an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with...
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Fake
as Mr. RousseauDaniel Jakor is one of the most prolific and successful artists the world has never heard of....
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Promises in the Dark
as Dr. BlankenshipA young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak,...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
as Leonard WeeksPerry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud...
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Hart to Hart
as Dr. MetzIn this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has...
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A Tiger's Tale
as SinclairA young man falls for his girlfriend's mother.
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Dempsey
as Gavin McNabNominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story...
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The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
as Dr. Gilmore BlountHenry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.
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Cinderella
as King Rupert IIIAn oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
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The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Dr. EdwardsBased on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May...
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Bang
as Rooftop DealerA young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she's evicted, an audition ends with a producer...
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Born Kicking
as HudsonRoxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is...
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When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Warren TowleA Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child...
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Baby Comes Home
as Dr. Elliott OlsenIn this sequel to "And Baby Makes Six," a middle-aged couple deals with familial upheaval after...
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Summer of My German Soldier
as PiercePatty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II....
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You Talkin' To Me?
as Peter ArcherA young actor's fascination with Rober De Niro's TAXI DRIVER persona leads him into a morass of...
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Deadly Deception
as Ed ShoatLaurie Shoat, a young mother, struggling with post-partum depression, is found dead and her baby...
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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as EdA sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes...
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Breaking Up
as HaberleJoAnn Hammil faces a harrowing fight to rediscover her personal identity when her husband of 15...
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This Is Kate Bennett...
as Tom FairmontIn this pilot for a prospective TV series, Kate Bennett is an investigative TV news reporter...
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Law & Order
as Judge Nelson KurlandIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Paul CarlisleAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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The Bill
as uncreditedThe daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...
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The Love Boat
as uncreditedPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Love Boat
as Martin CorellPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Rupert IIIA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Peak Practice
as Mr. NaughtonPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
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ABC Afterschool Special
as Max SmileyDramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers....
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Starsky & Hutch
as uncreditedStreetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...
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The Defenders
as Ron MayberryThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as uncreditedScarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...
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McCloud
as uncreditedDeputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...
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Father Dowling Mysteries
as Judge KarnesFather Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20,...
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Benson
as Governor Eugene Xavier GatlingA butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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Perfect Strangers
as uncreditedThe chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant...
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The Andros Targets
as TierneyJames Sutorious star as Mike Andros, a newspaper investigative reporter who seeks out corruption...
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The Adams Chronicles
as Jonathan SewallThe Adams Chronicles is a thirteen-episode miniseries by PBS that aired in 1976 to commemorate...
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