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 Dereks 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).

Filmy nedostupný z James Noble

Breaking Up

Haberle

Film 1978

Dempsey

Gavin McNab

Film 1983

The Day My Kid Went Punk

Max Smiley

Film 1987

Summer of My German Soldier

Pierce

Film 1978

The Sporting Club

Canon Pritchard

Film 1971

Dragonfly

Dr. Lee

Film 1976

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

Board Member

Film 1968

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Ed

Film 1978

This Is Kate Bennett...

Tom Fairmont

Film 1982

You Talkin' To Me?

Peter Archer

Film 1987

Baby Comes Home

Dr. Elliott Olsen

Film 1980

Bang

Rooftop Dealer

Film 1995

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Film 1985

Who?

General Deptford

Film 1974

When the Bough Breaks

Dr. Warren Towle

Film 1986

Cinderella

King Rupert III

Film 1985

Deadly Deception

Ed Shoat

Film 1987

Death Play

Film 1976

Born Kicking

Hudson

Film 1992

Airplane II: The Sequel

Father O'Flanagan

Film 1982

Hart to Hart

Dr. Metz

Film 1979

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Father Pettis

Film 1971

televizní seriál nedostupný z James Noble

Starsky & Hutch

Tv 1975

Perfect Strangers

Tv 1986

The Bill

Tv 1984

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Tv 1983

Beech is Back

Tv 2001

McCloud

Tv 1970

A World Apart

Tv 1970

First Impressions

Tv 1988

The Andros Targets

Tierney

Tv 1977

Harry

Chapel

Tv 1993

Father Dowling Mysteries

Judge Karnes

Tv 1989

Faerie Tale Theatre

King Rupert III

Tv 1982

The Adams Chronicles

Jonathan Sewall

Tv 1976