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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).

Fake
as Mr. Rousseau
Beech is Back

They Bite
as Scientist #1

Bang
as Rooftop Dealer

Peak Practice
as Mr. Naughton

Born Kicking
as Hudson

Law & Order
as Judge Nelson Kurland

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
as Mr. Hyrum Lodge

Chances Are
as Dr. Bailey

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
as Dr. Gilmore Blount

Father Dowling Mysteries
as Judge Karnes

First Impressions
as Raymond Voss

Paramedics
as Chief Wilkins

A Tiger's Tale
as Sinclair

The Day My Kid Went Punk
as Max Smiley

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
as Leonard Weeks

You Talkin' to Me?
as Peter Archer

Deadly Deception
as Ed Shoat

When the Bough Breaks
as Dr. Warren Towle

Perfect Strangers

Cinderella
as King Rupert III

Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

The Bill

Murder, She Wrote
as Paul Carlisle

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Dempsey
as Gavin McNab

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Dr. Edwards

Airplane II: The Sequel
as Father O'Flanagan

Faerie Tale Theatre
as King Rupert III

This Is Kate Bennett...
as Tom Fairmont

Baby Comes Home
as Dr. Elliott Olsen

Being There
as Kaufman

Promises in the Dark
as Dr. Blankenship

10
as Dr. Miles

Benson
as Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling

Hart to Hart
as Dr. Metz

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Ed

Summer of My German Soldier
as Pierce

Breaking Up
as Haberle

The Love Boat

The Andros Targets
as Tierney
Death Play
as Norman

Dragonfly
as Dr. Lee

The Adams Chronicles
as Jonathan Sewall

Starsky & Hutch
as Treasury Agent Kendall

Who?
as General Deptford

1776
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

ABC Afterschool Special
as Max Smiley

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Father Pettis

The Sporting Club
as Canon Pritchard
A World Apart

McCloud

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Board Member

The Defenders
as Ron Mayberry