Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble Kid Chissell February 16 1905 November 8 1987 was a boxing champion actor and dance marathon champion Chissell former US Navy Middleweight Boxing Champ 1932 received an award in 1982 for having over 1000 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 FleaFlit 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 middleweight champ in ExChamp 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 Disneys World of Color series Gallegher Chissell played the Irish fight referee and jailer opposite Edmond OBrien 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 Peoples Court were other series Chissell worked in