Noble 'Kid' Chissell
18 Films
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
18 Included Films

Noble "Kid" Chissell (February 16, 1905 – November 8, 1987) was a boxing champion, actor, and dance marathon champion. Chissell, former U.S. Navy Middleweight Boxing Champ (1932), received an award in 1982 for having over 1,000 screen credits. As a prizefighter he once fought "Packy East", later known as Bob Hope. Even earlier he won the 1928 World Marathon Dance Champion contest. He first gained international prominence as the villainous sulky driver, "Flea-Flit Dryer", in the film Home in Indiana, opposite Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Lon McAllister, June Haver, and Jeanne Crain. Numerous other motion pictures include his portrayal of a middle-weight champ in Ex-Champ, prison guard with Susan Hayward in I Want to Live!, a gambler in Guys and Dolls, police officer Noble in The Big Chase, and deputy sheriff with Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou. In the first and sixth episodes of Disney's World of Color series, Gallegher, Chissell played the Irish fight referee and jailer opposite Edmond O'Brien. He was croupier at the roulette game in "Tiger by the Tail", one of the Gunsmoke episodes. Life of Riley, Dragnet, and Playhouse 90 and People's Court were other series Chissell worked in.



Director: Lewis Milestone

Director: Lewis Milestone

Director: Robert Wise

Director: Robert Wise

Director: John Sturges

Director: John Sturges

Director: John Ford
MoC > Olive Films, not sure about latest Paramount Blu-ray
MoC > Olive Films, not sure about latest Paramount Blu-ray

Director: John Ford
MoC > Olive Films, not sure about latest Paramount Blu-ray
MoC > Olive Films, not sure about latest Paramount Blu-ray



Director: William Wyler

Director: William Wyler






Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing

Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing

Director: Howard Hawks

Director: Howard Hawks

Director: Frank Capra
BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm

Director: Frank Capra
BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm



Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though

Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though

Director: William Wyler

Director: William Wyler

Director: Bob Fosse

Director: Bob Fosse


18 films