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 So ... uthern 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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
|---|
Benson
as Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling
Episodes: 158
First Aired: Sep 13, 1979
Murder, She Wrote
as Paul Carlisle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Law & Order
as Judge Nelson Kurland
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Starsky & Hutch
as Treasury Agent Kendall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1975
The Defenders
as Ron Mayberry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1961
ABC Afterschool Special
as Max Smiley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1972
The Andros Targets
as Tierney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 1977
Harry
as Chapel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1993
Peak Practice
as Mr. Naughton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 10, 1993
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Judge Karnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1989
The Love Boat
as Martin Corell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Rupert III
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1982
The Adams Chronicles
as Jonathan Sewall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1976
A World Apart
Episodes: 322
First Aired: Mar 30, 1970
First Impressions
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Aug 27, 1988
Perfect Strangers
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 25, 1986
The Love Boat
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
The Bill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1983
Beech is Back
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 2001
McCloud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1970
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