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Noble Willingham

Acting

Born August 31, 1931 · Mineola, Texas, USA

Died January 17, 2004

Also known as Nobel Willingham · Noble Henry Willingham, Jr.

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 with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in a 1991 episode of Quantum Leap.

Filmography50+ titles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Texas

Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story

1988as Ted Simonsen

Quantum Leap

1989as Gene

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Mr. Petermeyer

Northern Exposure

1990as Gordon

Chinatown

1974as Councilman

Paper Moon

1973as Mr. Robertson

Airwolf

1984as Chester Hansen

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

The Rockford Files

1974as B.J.

The Last Picture Show

1971as Chester

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Hal

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Sheriff Pat McAllister

The A-Team

1983as Zack

Home Improvement

1991as Mr. Binford

Highway to Heaven

1984

Of Mice and Men

1992as The Boss

La Bamba

1987as Howard

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987as Gen. Taylor

Norma Rae

1979as Leroy Mason

The Waltons

1972

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994as Zebulon Cardozo

L.A. Law

1986as Robert Kenyon

Matlock

1986as Rev. Morley Phelps

Brubaker

1980as Dr. Fenster

Alice

1976

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as C.D. Parker

Career Opportunities

1991as Roger Roy McClellan

Hart to Hart

1979

CHiPs

1977as Jake

The Last Boy Scout

1991as Sheldon Marcone

Dallas

1978as Senator Pascomb

Fire in the Sky

1993as Blake Davies

Gunsmoke

1955as Tuck

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994as Riddle

The Howling

1981as Charlie Barton

City Slickers

1991as Clay Stone

Blind Fury

1989as MacCready

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

1987as Dr. Pollard

Coward of the County

1981as Car-Wash

The Boys in Company C

1978as Sergeant Curry

Man from Atlantis

1977as Artemus Washburn

Greased Lightning

1977as Billy Joe Byrnes

Up Close & Personal

1996as Buford Sells

Article 99

1992as Inspector General

First Monday in October

1981as Nebraska Attorney

Guarding Tess

1994as Sheriff Janson (uncredited)

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992as Zeke Bridges

Aloha Bobby and Rose

1975as Uncle Charlie

A Stoning in Fulham County

1988as Judge Manning