James Noble

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).

  • Title: James Noble
  • Popularity: 2.046
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-03-05
  • Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
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James Noble Movies

  • 1978
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    Breaking Up

    Breaking Up

    1 1978 HD

    JoAnn Hammil faces a harrowing fight to rediscover her personal identity when her husband of 15 years announces that he is leaving her and their...

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  • 1983
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    Dempsey

    Dempsey

    6 1983 HD

    Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media...

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  • 1979
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    10

    10

    5.7 1979 HD

    A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

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  • 1987
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    The Day My Kid Went Punk

    The Day My Kid Went Punk

    5 1987 HD

    A nerdy teen makes himself over as a punk rocker, embarrassing his conservative parents in the process.

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  • 1978
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    Summer of My German Soldier

    Summer of My German Soldier

    6.3 1978 HD

    Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family...

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  • 1971
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    The Sporting Club

    The Sporting Club

    3.9 1971 HD

    The wealthy members of an exclusive backwoods retreat face an existential threat from both a disgruntled former manager as well as a subversive,...

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  • 1976
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    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly

    10 1976 HD

    A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.

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  • 1968
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    What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

    What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

    6.7 1968 HD

    A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

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  • 1988
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    Paramedics

    Paramedics

    2.7 1988 HD

    Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.

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  • 1978
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    Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

    Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

    5 1978 HD

    A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a new student who is considered to be "untrainable"...

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  • 1979
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    Being There

    Being There

    7.61 1979 HD

    A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the...

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  • 1982
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    This Is Kate Bennett...

    This Is Kate Bennett...

    1 1982 HD

    In this pilot for a prospective TV series, Kate Bennett is an investigative TV news reporter whose life is imperiled, along with that of her young...

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  • 1989
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    The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

    The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

    2 1989 HD

    Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.

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  • 1987
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    You Talkin' To Me?

    You Talkin' To Me?

    2.7 1987 HD

    A young actor's fascination with Rober De Niro's TAXI DRIVER persona leads him into a morass of strange and obsessional behaviors.

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  • 1980
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    Baby Comes Home

    Baby Comes Home

    1 1980 HD

    In this sequel to "And Baby Makes Six," a middle-aged couple deals with familial upheaval after giving birth to an unplanned fourth baby --- 17 years...

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  • 1995
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    Bang

    Bang

    5 1995 HD

    A young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she's evicted, an audition ends with a producer furious she won't trade sex for the part, and a policeman...

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  • 1985
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    Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

    8 1985 HD

    This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...

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  • 1974
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    Who?

    Who?

    4.9 1974 HD

    After an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German...

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  • 1972
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    1776

    1776

    6.9 1972 HD

    Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin...

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  • 1986
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    When the Bough Breaks

    When the Bough Breaks

    5.5 1986 HD

    A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found...

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  • 1985
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    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    7.1 1985 HD

    An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.

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  • 1990
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    Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

    Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

    7.2 1990 HD

    The classic comic book characters created by John L. Goldwater are brought to tv in a slightly older version. Here the characters are adults...

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  • 1979
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    Promises in the Dark

    Promises in the Dark

    5.6 1979 HD

    A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut....

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  • 1988
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    A Tiger's Tale

    A Tiger's Tale

    4.7 1988 HD

    A young man falls for his girlfriend's mother.

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  • 2011
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    Fake

    Fake

    5.2 2011 HD

    Daniel Jakor is one of the most prolific and successful artists the world has never heard of. Struggling to sell his own art, he soon finds his true...

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  • 1989
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    Chances Are

    Chances Are

    6.594 1989 HD

    Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and...

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  • 1987
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    Deadly Deception

    Deadly Deception

    6.5 1987 HD

    Laurie Shoat, a young mother, struggling with post-partum depression, is found dead and her baby is missing. The police assume it was a...

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  • 1976
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    Death Play

    Death Play

    1 1976 HD

    Low-budget mystery centers on a murder committed during the premier of a Broadway show.

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  • 1983
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    The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

    The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

    10 1983 HD

    Based on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May teaches him basic survival skills through the years....

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  • 1987
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

    6.6 1987 HD

    Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.

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  • 1992
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    Born Kicking

    Born Kicking

    1 1992 HD

    Roxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her...

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  • 1982
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    Airplane II: The Sequel

    Airplane II: The Sequel

    6.086 1982 HD

    A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the...

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  • 1979
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    Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

    1 1979 HD

    In this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has left a health farm, apparently committing suicide....

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  • 1971
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    Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

    Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

    3.5 1971 HD

    Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.2 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1986
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    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

    6.638 1986 HD

    The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.295 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1979
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    Benson

    Benson

    7.181 1979 HD

    A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1983
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    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King

    6.4 1983 HD

    Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and...

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  • 2001
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    Beech is Back

    Beech is Back

    1 2001 HD

    Beech is Back was a storyline in the long-running police procedural television series, The Bill.

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  • 1970
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    McCloud

    McCloud

    7.1 1970 HD

    Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a...

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1970
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    A World Apart

    A World Apart

    1 1970 HD

    A World Apart is an American daytime drama which ran from March 30, 1970 to June 25, 1971 on the ABC television network.

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  • 1988
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    First Impressions

    First Impressions

    5 1988 HD

    First Impressions is a sitcom that aired on CBS from August 27, 1988 to October 1, 1988. It stars Brad Garrett as Frank Dutton, the owner of an...

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  • 1972
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    ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

    6.385 1972 HD

    Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or...

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  • 1977
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    The Andros Targets

    The Andros Targets

    5 1977 HD

    James Sutorious star as Mike Andros, a newspaper investigative reporter who seeks out corruption and injustice in this this action-drama series.

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  • 1993
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    Harry

    Harry

    1 1993 HD

    Harry is a television drama series that was made by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC One between 1993 and 1995. Harry Salter is the...

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  • 1993
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    Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

    5.571 1993 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

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  • 1989
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    Father Dowling Mysteries

    Father Dowling Mysteries

    7.1 1989 HD

    Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.295 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1982
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    Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    8.238 1982 HD

    A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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  • 1976
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    The Adams Chronicles

    The Adams Chronicles

    7.2 1976 HD

    The Adams Chronicles is a thirteen-episode miniseries by PBS that aired in 1976 to commemorate the American Bicentennial.

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