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Noble Chissell (16 February 1905 – 8 November 1987; age 82) was an actor and former professional boxer who appeared as a kitchen worker in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". He filmed his scenes on Monday 6 February 1967 at Desilu Stage 11. He received no credit for this appearance.
Chissell boxed professionally from 1924 to 1931, during which he once fought Bob Hope. In 1928, he won the World Marathon Dance Championship contest. He left Indiana in the mid-1930s, after his parents divorced, and sought a career in Hollywood. From 1936 until his death, he appeared in over 1,000 films and television episodes (a feat for which he received an award in 1982), mostly in uncredited bit and background roles. Due to his background, he often appeared in films about boxing.
He was also active in politics, and ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 1953 and for the 40th State Assembly District in 1962. He was a member of the Hollywood Comedy Club and the International Footprint Association, an organization of peace officers and reputable citizens.
His filmography includes roles in films like Marked Woman (1937), Heidi (1937), Destry Rides Again (1939), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940, with Ian Wolfe), Dark Command (1940), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Joe Palooka, Champ (1946, with Elisha Cook, Jeff Corey, and Joseph Glick), The Miracle of the Bells (1948, with Ian Wolfe, Walter Bacon, Monty O'Grady, and Max Wagner), Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948, with Sam Bagley, Nick Borgani, Jane Crowley, and William Meader), The Quiet Man (1952), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Guys and Dolls (1955, with Edwin Rochelle),Around the World in 80 Days (1956, with Walter Bacon, Al Cavens, Dick Cherney, Walter Soo Hoo, Bill Couch, Sr., Joe Garcio, Joseph Glick, Lars Hensen, Chuck Hicks, Shep Houghton, Max Kleven, Keye Luke, Monty O'Grady, Victor Paul, Edwin Rochelle, and Ron Veto), Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock (1957, with K.L. Smith and Dick Dial), Robert Wise's I Want to Live! (1958, with Theodore Bikel, Jon Lormer, and Frieda Rentie), Rio Bravo (1959, with Al Cavens), Some Like It Hot (1959, with Grace Lee Whitney, Nehemiah Persoff, Edwin Rochelle, and Joseph Glick), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, with Dick Cherney, Jane Crowley, Lars Hensen, Charles Seel, Eleanore Vogel, and Max Wagner), The Music Man (1962, with Walter Bacon), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962, with Whit Bissell, John Burnside, Pete Kellett, and Leo Penn), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, with Brock Peters, Frank Overton, Paul Fix, William Windom, John Megna, Richard Hale, Walter Bacon, and Max Wagner), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, with Al Cavens, Dick Cherney, Monty O'Grady, and Max Wagner), The Great Race (1965, with Bill Borzage, Bill Catching, Robert Herron, Chuck Hicks, Hal Needham, Jack Perkins, Gil Perkins, Charles Seel, and Tom Steele), Funny Girl (1968, with John Harmon, Fletcher Bryant, Joseph Glick, Craig Huxley, and John Warburton), Sweet Charity (1969, with Ricardo Montalban, Barbara Bouchet, Ben Vereen, John Wheeler, Lance LeGault, and Joseph Mell), and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969, starring Michael Sarrazin and featuring Ian Abercrombie).
He also appeared on television shows like Playhouse 90 (with William Shatner, James Gregory, Paul Lambert, Clegg Hoyt, and Dick Cherney), Ben Casey, The Fugitive (with Susan Oliver, Garry Walberg, and David Armstrong), Mission: Impossible (with Joseph Ruskin, William Wintersole, Monte Markham, George Sawaya, Monty O'Grady, and the voice of Robert Johnson), I Spy (with Michael J. Pollard, Sarah Marshall, Dick Cherney, and Joe Garcio), It Takes a Thief (with Malachi Throne, Karl Bruck, Reggie Nalder, Mark Lenard, Charles Macaulay, Peter Brocco, Dave Armstrong, and Dick Cherney), Mannix (with Joseph Campanella, Roy Jenson, Marianna Hill, Victor Lundin, Bill Catching, Jason Evers, John Colicos, Barbara Babcock, Pete Kellett, and Jack Perkins), The Wild Wild West (with William Windom, Leslie Parrish, Theo Marcuse, Paul Fix, Sarah Marshall, Mark Lenard, Robert Herron, Bob Hoy, Monty O'Grady, Troy Melton, and Max Wagner, directed by Robert Sparr and Marvin Chomsky), Get Smart (with Monty O'Grady), and Columbo (with Leonard Nimoy, Monty O'Grady, and the voice of Majel Barrett Roddenberry).