Noble Willingham

Acting · Born 1931-08-31 in Mineola, Texas, USA

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.

Filmography

• Good Morning, Vietnam as Gen. Taylor
• Chinatown as Councilman
• The Last Picture Show as Chester
• Of Mice and Men as The Boss
• The Hudsucker Proxy as Zebulon Cardozo
• Paper Moon as Mr. Robertson
• La Bamba as Howard
• Brubaker as Dr. Fenster
• City Slickers as Clay Stone
• The Howling as Charlie Barton

TV

• Star Trek: The Next Generation as Texas
• Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Petermeyer
• Quantum Leap as Gene
• The Rockford Files as B.J.
• The Rockford Files as Claude Orzeck
• Northern Exposure as Gordon
• Lou Grant
• Alice
• CHiPs as Jake
• WKRP in Cincinnati