Noble Willingham

Actor Aug 31 (died age 72) Mineola, Texas, USA 1955–2003 (48 year career)

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Biography

Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. (August 31, 1931 – January 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than thirty films and in many television shows. He was best known for his role as C.D. Parker on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. His many other TV credits include guest appearances on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, Mary Tyler Moore, The Rockford Files, Alice, Dallas, CHiPs, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, L.A. Law, Home Improvement, and Murder, She Wrote. He also co-starred …

Known For

Film

Chinatown

Councilman

Film

Good Morning, Vietnam

Gen. Taylor

Film

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Riddle

Film

Paper Moon

Mr. Robertson

Film

The Last Boy Scout

Sheldon Marcone

Film

The Last Picture Show

Chester

Film

The Hudsucker Proxy

Zebulon Cardozo

Film

La Bamba

Howard

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (70)

Blind Horizon

as Deputy Shirl Cash

The Corndog Man

as Ace Barker

Up Close & Personal

as Buford Sells

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

as Riddle

6.6

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

as Clay Stone

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Zebulon Cardozo

Guarding Tess

as Sheriff Janson (uncredited)

6.0

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

as C.D. Parker

Fire in the Sky

as Blake Davies

Men Don't Tell

as Riley

Of Mice and Men

as The Boss

The Distinguished Gentleman

as Zeke Bridges

Article 99

as Inspector General

Woman With a Past

as Chairman

The Last Boy Scout

as Sheldon Marcone

Career Opportunities

as Roger Roy McClellan

City Slickers

as Clay Stone

Sweet Poison

as Sheriff

Pastime

as Clyde Bigby

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

Blind Fury

as MacCready

Unconquered

as Bear Bryant

The Heist

as Stuckey

The Road Raiders

as Crankcase

Shooter

as Rizzo

Splash, Too

as Karl Hooten

Longarm

Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

1988

as Ted Simonsen

8.0

A Stoning in Fulham County

1988

as Judge Manning

5.5

Good Morning, Vietnam

as Gen. Taylor

La Bamba

as Howard

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987

as Dr. Pollard

6.2

Born in East L.A.

1987

as Border Patrol Sergeant

5.8

Summer Heat

1987

as Strother

4.4

Badge of the Assassin

as Airport Guard

Independence Day

as Andy Parker

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

1983

as Dr. Graham

6.0

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

as Lander Hughes

The Howling

as Charlie Barton

First Monday in October

1981

as Nebraska Attorney

6.1

The Children Nobody Wanted

as McNaulty

Coward of the County

as Car-Wash

Harry's War

as Major Andrews

Brubaker

as Dr. Fenster

The Gambler

as Conductor

The Georgia Peaches

as Jarvis Wheeler

Norma Rae

as Leroy Mason

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979

as Captain Prewitt

5.0

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

1979

as 1st Doctor

7.0

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

as Pop Bauer

Just Me and You

as Gas Station Owner

Cindy

as Sergeant

The Boys in Company C

1978

as Sergeant Curry

6.5

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

1978

as Judge

Greased Lightning

as Billy Joe Byrnes

Fighting Mad

as Senator Hingle

Liza’s Pioneer Diary

as Mr. Dunster

Aloha Bobby and Rose

1975

as Uncle Charlie

5.8

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

as Principal

Black Bart

as Fern Malaga

Chinatown

as Councilman

Big Bad Mama

as Uncle Barney

Evel Knievel

as Jack Decataur

Where Have All the People Gone

1974

as Jim Clancy

5.9

The Girls of Huntington House

1973

as Harry, Sara's Father

Hit!

as Warden Springer

Paper Moon

as Mr. Robertson

Sunshine

as Bartender

The Last Picture Show

as Chester

My Sweet Charlie

as Grady

Television (35)

Walker, Texas Ranger

as C.D. Parker

Home Improvement

as Mr. Binford

Northern Exposure

as Gordon

Capital News

Tales from the Crypt

as Mr. Petermeyer

Quantum Leap

as Gene

Ann Jillian

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Texas

8.4

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

as Tesch

L.A. Law

as Robert Kenyon

Matlock

as Rev. Morley Phelps

7.1

Mr. Sunshine

1986

5.0

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985

as Jerry Armstrong

5.6

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Sheriff Pat McAllister

Highway to Heaven

Airwolf

as Chester Hansen

W*A*L*T*E*R

as Sergeant Sowell

The A-Team

as Pete Stockton

AfterMASH

as Sergeant Sowell

Cutter to Houston

When the Whistle Blows

Hart to Hart

Dallas

as Senator Pascomb

WKRP in Cincinnati

The Critical List

as Charlie

Lou Grant

CHiPs

as Jake

Man from Atlantis

as Artemus Washburn

Alice

The Rockford Files

as B.J.

Hawkins

as Carl Jackson

The Waltons

Cannon

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Hal

Gunsmoke

as Tuck