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Noble Willingham
Highest Rated: 98% The Last Picture Show (1971)
Lowest Rated: 13% The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Birthday: Aug 31, 1931
Birthplace: Mineola, Texas, USA
Solidly built, strong-featured character actor, prolific in film and TV, whose authority figures and blustery professional types often rely on his Texas-flavored image. Born in a small Texas town, Willingham worked in oil fields as a roustabout and steam fitter, and after college and graduate studies became a schoolteacher. A longstanding interest in acting led to a small role in the acclaimed TV-movie "My Sweet Charlie" (1970) and when Peter Bogdanovich brought his crew to Texas to work on "The Last Picture Show" (1971), Willingham was one of the locals cast in a small part. Soon thereafter, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
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Blind Horizon | Deputy Shirl Cash (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Corndog Man | Ace Barker (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger: Sons of Thunder | C.D. Parker (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 32% |
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Up Close & Personal | Buford Sells (Character) | $51.1M | 1996 |
| 15% |
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Clay Stone (Character) | $43.4M | 1994 |
| 47% |
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Riddle (Character) | $71.2M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger | C.D. Parker (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 52% |
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Fire in the Sky | Blake Davis (Character) | $19.6M | 1993 |
| 97% |
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Of Mice and Men | The Boss (Character) | $5.0M | 1992 |
| 43% |
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Article 99 | Inspector General (Character) | $6.2M | 1992 |
| 13% |
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The Distinguished Gentleman | Zeke Bridges (Character) | $46.5M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Poison | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 42% |
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Career Opportunities | Roger Roy McClellan (Character) | $11.0M | 1991 |
| 46% |
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The Last Boy Scout | Sheldon Marcone (Character) | $57.9M | 1991 |
| 50% |
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One Cup of Coffee | Clyde Bigby (Character) | $54.7K | 1991 |
| 89% |
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City Slickers | Clay Stone (Character) | $119.8M | 1991 |
| 53% |
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Blind Fury | MacCready (Character) | $2.1M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Heist | Stuckey (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Road Raiders | Crankcase (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shooter | Rizzo (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story | Ted Simonsen (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet |
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Summer Heat | Strother (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 90% |
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Good Morning, Vietnam | Brig. Gen. Taylor (Character) | $123.9M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet |
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Independence Day | Andy Parker (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet |
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Coward of the County | Car-Wash (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 74% |
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The Howling | Charlie Barton (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet |
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First Monday in October | Nebraska Attorney (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet |
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Follow That Car | Jarvis Wheeler (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet |
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Kenny Rogers as the Gambler | Conductor (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 33% |
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Captain Prewitt (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 91% |
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Norma Rae | Leroy Mason (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet |
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The Boys in Company C | Sergeant Curry (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Critical List | Charlie (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thaddeus Rose and Eddie | Judge (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet |
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Greased Lightning | Billy Joe Byrnes (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet |
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Fighting Mad | Senator Hingle (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet |
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Where Have All the People Gone? | Jim Clancy (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 98% |
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Chinatown | Councilman (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 90% |
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Paper Moon | Mr. Robertson (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunshine | Bartender (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girls of Huntington House | Harry (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 98% |
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The Last Picture Show | Chester (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Sweet Charlie | Grady (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | C.D. Parker (Character) | 1993-2001 |
| 82% | 92% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Pat McAllister (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Gene (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ann Jillian | Unknown (Character) | 1989-1990 |
| 92% | 89% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Texas (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | The A-Team | Zack (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Highway to Heaven | MacGill (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Airwolf | Chester Hansen (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cutter to Houston | Mayor Warren Jarvis (Character) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Benson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Hanson (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Claude Orzeck (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Det. Sgt. Sonny Wills (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Hal (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apple's Way | Farmer (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Tuck (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |